# Walter Ophey - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-16T00:20:52.032Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 77
- Lots with prices: 63
- First auction date: 1997-06-18
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-05
- Median realised price: $7,500
- Price range: $40 to $112,000

## Market Takeaway
Walter Ophey shows solid auction liquidity with 77 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $7,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-05.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($7,500\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $4,000 and $20,740.
- 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: 4.8% (3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 54% (34 sales)
- $10,000\+: 41.3% (26 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 10
- Previous 12 months sales: 14
- Recent 12 months median: $5,500
- Previous 12 months median: $8,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-05
- Days since latest sale: 75
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 37 lots
- Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen: 7 lots
- Lempertz: 7 lots
- Dannenberg: 5 lots
- Grisebach: 4 lots
- Karl & Faber: 3 lots
- Van Ham Kunstauktionen: 3 lots
- Antikauktion Krefeld: 2 lots
- Peter Karbstein \- Kunst und Auktionshaus: 2 lots
- Auktionshaus Demessieur: 1 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-05 | Walter Ophey, Wäsche auf der Leine vor Häusern, Circa 1913 | Lempertz | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-wasche-auf-der-leine-vor-hausern-circa-1913-127-c-0088d89d60
2. 2025-12-05 | Walter Ophey, Weiden am Fluss, 1906 | Lempertz | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-weiden-am-fluss-1906-126-c-8a8327d53e
3. 2025-06-06 | ”Figürchen” | Grisebach | N/A
4. 2025-05-31 | Walter Ophey, Pappeln im Winter, | Lempertz | €32,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-pappeln-im-winter-130-c-0a246fb968
5. 2025-05-31 | Walter Ophey, Sonnenflecken im Tannenwald, Circa 1906 | Lempertz | €5,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-sonnenflecken-im-tannenwald-circa-1906-129-c-4274be98ae
6. 2025-05-31 | Walter Ophey, Weiden am Bach, Circa 1908/1909 | Lempertz | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-weiden-am-bach-circa-1908-1909-128-c-548493c8f6
7. 2025-05-31 | Walter Ophey, Landschaft mit Mond, 1906 | Lempertz | €15,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-landschaft-mit-mond-1906-127-c-8e844a18d4
8. 2025-05-24 | WALTER OPHEY, Villa Bayer O/C Painting | Blackwell Auctions LLC | $5,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-villa-bayer-o-c-painting-57-c-bd04655834
9. 2025-03-24 | WALTER OPHEY \(1882 \- 1930\) \- in de stijl van \- "Bl… | DEWIT Auctions | €40 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-1882-1930-in-de-stijl-van-bl-2832-c-cbf45ef9bf
10. 2024-12-07 | Walter Ophey \(deutsch 1882 \- 1930\), Zwei weibliche Akte, unten rechts signiert, Öl auf Leinwand, Lichtmaß: 73 x 77 cm, Rahmen: 88 x 90 cm. Guter, altersbedingter Zustand | Auktionshaus Demessieur | €2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-deutsch-1882-1930-zwei-weibliche-akte-unten-rechts-signiert-ol-auf-leinwand-lichtma-73-x-77-cm-rahmen-88-x-90-cm-guter-altersbedingter-zustand-6313-c-4ca4041932
11. 2024-11-30 | Walter Ophey, Kirche mit Mondsichel, Circa 1922 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €26,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-kirche-mit-mondsichel-circa-1922-152-c-c784487925
12. 2024-11-30 | Walter Ophey, Mond im blauen Wald, | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €6,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-mond-im-blauen-wald-151-c-a9b48b7b51
13. 2024-11-30 | Walter Ophey, Landschaftsskizze, Circa 1920 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €3,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-landschaftsskizze-circa-1920-150-c-cb7426fb97
14. 2024-11-30 | Walter Ophey, Badersee I bei Garmisch, | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €3,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-badersee-i-bei-garmisch-149-c-e7c422ab29
15. 2024-06-15 | Walter OPHEY \(1882\-1930\) landscape with grazing cows, | Antikauktion Krefeld | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-1882-1930-landscape-with-grazing-cows-787-c-48c428db04
16. 2024-06-15 | Walter OPHEY \(1882\-1930\) forest landscape, | Antikauktion Krefeld | €19,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-1882-1930-forest-landscape-786-c-fab440aa81
17. 2024-06-05 | Walter Ophey, Weiße Häuser, 1904 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €10,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-wei-e-hauser-1904-117-c-f8545278e9
18. 2024-06-05 | Walter Ophey, Erftlandschaft, Circa 1906 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | €8,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-erftlandschaft-circa-1906-116-c-fd1417f960
19. 2024-04-19 | Walter Ophey, 1882 Eupen\-1930 Düsseldorf | Henry's Auktionshaus | €112,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-1882-eupen-1930-dusseldorf-6615-c-32d4beaa50
20. 2023-05-06 | Walter Ophey \- Hülchrath im Schnee | Dr. Andreas Sturies Moderne Kunst & Auktionen | €40,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-hulchrath-im-schnee-153-c-3544cea826
21. 2023-05-06 | WALTER OPHEY \(1882 Eupen/Belgien – 1930 Düsseldorf\) | Dannenberg | €2,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-1882-eupen-belgien-1930-dusseldorf-115-c-4f24f2f85c
22. 2023-05-06 | WALTER OPHEY \(1882 Eupen/Belgien – 1930 Düsseldorf\) | Dannenberg | €2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-1882-eupen-belgien-1930-dusseldorf-114-c-28f430189f
23. 2023-05-06 | WALTER OPHEY \(1882 Eupen/Belgien – 1930 Düsseldorf\) | Dannenberg | €4,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-1882-eupen-belgien-1930-dusseldorf-113-c-0c04e67b43
24. 2023-05-06 | WALTER OPHEY \(1882 Eupen/Belgien – 1930 Düsseldorf\) | Dannenberg | €2,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-ophey-1882-eupen-belgien-1930-dusseldorf-112-c-c2340bead5

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