# Sigmar Polke - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T07:11:47.987Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 956
- Lots with prices: 642
- First auction date: 1998-06-03
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-21
- Median realised price: $19,520
- Price range: $20 to $17,047,500

## Market Takeaway
Sigmar Polke shows very deep auction liquidity with 886 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $22,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 51 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-28.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($22,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,512 and $111,020.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 18.3% (110 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 21% (126 sales)
- $10,000\+: 60.7% (364 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 51
- Previous 12 months sales: 78
- Recent 12 months median: $700
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-01-28
- Days since latest sale: 21
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 264 lots
- Sotheby's: 154 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 64 lots
- Grisebach: 55 lots
- AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald: 44 lots
- Phillips: 41 lots
- Van Ham Kunstauktionen: 25 lots
- Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen: 23 lots
- Karl & Faber: 22 lots
- Auctionata Paddle8 AG: 20 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-20 | SIGMAR POLKE, JAMES LEE BYARS. ORIGINALGRAFIK SERIE E KÜNSTLER NR.1 | Zwiggelaar Auctions | €80
2. 2024-12-07 | Sigmar Polke 7 Photographien. In: Die Waschung der Lineale. 1972/1999. Je Silbergelatineabzug auf Ba | Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin GmbH | N/A
3. 2024-11-30 | Sigmar Polke, Experiment I\-IV, 1999 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | N/A
4. 2024-11-27 | Sigmar POLKE \(1941\-2010\) | Tajan | N/A
5. 2024-11-18 | Sigmar Polke \(1941 Oels/Schlesien \- Köln 2010\) – Ohne Titel \(„der Alkoholkonsum bei Jugendlichen muss“\) | Karl & Faber | N/A
6. 2023-10-19 | Sigmar Polke \(1941 \-2010\): Rennende Schere \(Running Scissors\) | STAIR | $42,500
7. 2019-06-29 | SIGMAR POLKE | Koller Auctions | CHF 72,000
8. 2026-03-21 | Sigmar Polke | Das Kunst\- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sigmar-polke-489-c-1ede70c993
9. 2026-01-28 | SIGMAR POLKE \(1945\-2010\), ''HANDS UP \- HA | Historia Auctionata | €1,200
10. 2026-01-23 | Sigmar Polke | Sotheby's | £20,320 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sigmar-polke-66-c-7d95172c58
11. 2026-01-14 | Sigmar Polke \(1941\-2010\) Ohne Titel, from Columbus \- In Search of a New Tomorrow \(See Limes p.54\) | Forum Auctions \- UK | N/A
12. 2026-01-04 | SIGMAR POLKE | Schuler Auktionen | CHF 100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sigmar-polke-3092-c-bf862c64a8
13. 2025-12-20 | Sigmar Polke, 1941\-2010, hand kiss, color offset from | Henry's Auktionshaus | €2,400
14. 2025-12-16 | SIGMAR POLKE \(1941\-2010\). Untitled \(Willich\) \[Twelve Works\]. | Christie's | $12,700
15. 2025-12-06 | Sigmar Polke \(1941 Oels \- Köln 2010\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
16. 2025-12-06 | Sigmar Polke \(1941 Oels \- Köln 2010\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
17. 2025-12-06 | Sigmar Polke \(1941 Oels \- Köln 2010\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | N/A
18. 2025-12-06 | Sigmar Polke \(1941 Oels \- Köln 2010\) | AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald | €320
19. 2025-12-06 | Sigmar Polke \(1941, Oels, Poland \- 2010, Cologne\) | Auktionshaus HanseArt | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-sigmar-polke-1941-oels-poland-2010-cologne-620-c-2ccda6519e
20. 2025-12-05 | Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1974 | Lempertz | N/A
21. 2025-12-02 | SIGMAR POLKE | Schuler Auktionen | N/A
22. 2025-11-28 | Untitled | Grisebach | N/A
23. 2025-11-26 | Sigmar Polke, 1941\-2010, Book. Daphne | Germann Auction House Ltd | N/A
24. 2025-11-21 | Sigmar Polke, 1941 Oels\-2010 Cologne, \# 'Calla\#', color | Henry's Auktionshaus | N/A

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