# Walter Spies - Auction Profile

Canonical: https://appraisily.com/artist/walter-spies/
Snapshot URL: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/walter-spies/llm.md
Updated: 2026-05-04T21:57:46.204Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 47
- Lots with prices: 31
- First auction date: 2001-09-30
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-28
- Median realised price: $2,600
- Price range: $250 to $26,120,000

## Market Takeaway
Walter Spies has 47 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,600. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($2,600\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($400 to $900,000\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 38.7% (12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 19.4% (6 sales)
- $10,000\+: 41.9% (13 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 14
- Previous 12 months sales: 2
- Recent 12 months median: $400
- Previous 12 months median: $22,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2026-03-28
- Days since latest sale: 37
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 9 lots
- Leonard Joel: 9 lots
- Concierge Estate Sale Services, LLC: 6 lots
- Henry's Auktionshaus: 4 lots
- Larasati Auctioneers: 4 lots
- Hotel des Ventes Mosan: 2 lots
- OXIO: 2 lots
- SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL AUCTION PTE LTD.: 2 lots
- Sotheby's: 2 lots
- Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-12-28 | Walter Spies \(1895\-1942\)Landscape | SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL AUCTION PTE LTD. | $22,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-spies-1895-1942-landscape-221007-c-dd849eeb6e
2. 2024-12-28 | Walter Spies \(1895\-1942\)Landscape | SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL AUCTION PTE LTD. | $22,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-spies-1895-1942-landscape-221004-c-a424a7782b
3. 2026-03-28 | Walter Spies, 1895 Moskau\-1942, 2 watercolors,\# 'Ordo | Henry's Auktionshaus | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-spies-1895-moskau-1942-2-watercolors-ordo-6125-c-d5a24fa016
4. 2025-10-25 | Walter Spies, 1895 Moskau\-1942, 2 watercolors,\# 'Ordo | Henry's Auktionshaus | N/A
5. 2025-10-25 | Walter Spies, 1895 Moskau\-1942, 2 watercolors,\# | Henry's Auktionshaus | N/A
6. 2025-10-25 | Walter Spies, 1895 Moskau \-1942, 2 watercolors | Henry's Auktionshaus | N/A
7. 2025-10-09 | WALTER SPIES, ORDA PTINIDAE 1924, | Leonard Joel | N/A
8. 2025-10-09 | WALTER SPIES, ORDA CULICIDAE 1924, | Leonard Joel | N/A
9. 2025-10-09 | WALTER SPIES, EVANIIDAE 1924, | Leonard Joel | N/A
10. 2025-10-09 | WALTER SPIES, SPHERIDAE 1924, | Leonard Joel | N/A
11. 2025-09-26 | WALTER SPIES \(1895\-1942\). Pagodenlandschaft \(Landscape with a Pagoda by a L | Christie's | HK$26,120,000
12. 2025-09-18 | WALTER SPIES, ORDA PTINIDAE 1924, | Leonard Joel | A$400
13. 2025-09-18 | WALTER SPIES, ORDA CULICIDAE 1924, | Leonard Joel | A$400
14. 2025-09-18 | WALTER SPIES, EVANIIDAE 1924, | Leonard Joel | A$400
15. 2025-09-18 | WALTER SPIES, SPHERIDAE 1924, | Leonard Joel | A$400
16. 2025-09-04 | WALTER SPIES, PTILIDAE 1924, | Leonard Joel | N/A
17. 2024-05-04 | Walter SPIES \(1895\-1942\), attribué à | OXIO | N/A
18. 2023-04-22 | Walter Spies \(German, 1895 \- 1942\) | Leon Gallery | N/A
19. 2023-03-19 | Walter SPIES \(1895\-1942\), attribué à | OXIO | N/A
20. 2022-05-08 | Walter Spies | Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden | €300,000
21. 2020-06-27 | WALTER SPIES \(1895 Moskau \- 1942 westlich von Nias/Indischer Ozean\) | Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG | N/A
22. 2020-02-26 | Walter Spies \(German, 1895\-1942\) A set of three stylised insect studies each 24.8 x 24.8cm \(9 3/4 x 9 3/4in\). \(3\) \(each mounted but unframed\) | Bonhams | £1,500
23. 2018-12-13 | Walter SPIES \(Moscou 1895 \- Ceylan 1942\) | Hotel des Ventes Mosan | €900
24. 2018-12-13 | Walter SPIES \(Moscou 1895 \- Ceylan 1942\) | Hotel des Ventes Mosan | N/A

## Comparable Artists To Watch
- [Merv Slotnick](https://appraisily.com/artist/merv-slotnick/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [Michael Schofield](https://appraisily.com/artist/michael-schofield/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [Taras Sidan](https://appraisily.com/artist/taras-sidan/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.

## Related Artists
- [Merv Slotnick](https://appraisily.com/artist/merv-slotnick/)
- [Michael Schofield](https://appraisily.com/artist/michael-schofield/)
- [Taras Sidan](https://appraisily.com/artist/taras-sidan/)
- [Ettore Sottsass](https://appraisily.com/artist/ettore-sottsass/)
- [Stan Lee](https://appraisily.com/artist/stan-lee/)
- [Gaylord Soli](https://appraisily.com/artist/gaylord-soli/)
- [Frank Stella](https://appraisily.com/artist/frank-stella/)
- [Zinovy Shersher](https://appraisily.com/artist/zinovy-shersher/)

## JSON Source
https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/walter-spies/seo-profile