# Walter von Nessen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T09:30:29.245Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 74
- Lots with prices: 63
- First auction date: 2009-03-22
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-20
- Median realised price: $650
- Price range: $40 to $28,750

## Market Takeaway
Walter von Nessen has 74 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $650. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 16 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 \($650\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($275 to $2,200\) 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: 63.5% (40 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 27% (17 sales)
- $10,000\+: 9.5% (6 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 16
- Previous 12 months sales: 5
- Recent 12 months median: $850
- Previous 12 months median: $225
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-20
- Days since latest sale: 159
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 13 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 12 lots
- Wright: 10 lots
- Sotheby's: 7 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 4 lots
- Concept Art Gallery: 3 lots
- New Orleans Auction Galleries: 3 lots
- Barton's Auction: 2 lots
- Hindman: 2 lots
- South Bay Auctions Inc: 2 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-11-20 | Walter Von Nessen \(German, 1889\-1943\) Two Pagoda table lamps for Miller Lamp Co., c. 1936 | Freeman’s | $3,000
2. 2025-11-18 | Walter von Nessen, Table lamp | Wright | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-table-lamp-125-c-3483296fdb
3. 2025-10-15 | WALTER VON NESSEN \- WOOFLE BIRD LAMP | Fairhill Auction LLC | $800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-woofle-bird-lamp-20-c-4ea48cf269
4. 2025-08-19 | WALTER VON NESSEN 1930 FOR CHASE LACQUERED TOY\-SOLDIER FIGURE IN GILT BRASS | WinBids Auctions | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-1930-for-chase-lacquered-toy-soldier-figure-in-gilt-brass-326-c-74e454d84f
5. 2025-06-11 | Walter von Nessen, Table lamp | Wright | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-table-lamp-150-c-bdd45a992b
6. 2025-05-22 | Walter von Nessen, Woofle Bird lamp | Wright | $1,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-woofle-bird-lamp-249-c-aa64a1c84a
7. 2025-02-02 | Walter Von Nessen \- Bookends | Barton's Auction | $225
8. 2025-01-30 | Walter Von Nessen \(1889\-1943\) & Harry Laylon \(1911\-1997\) | New Orleans Auction Galleries | $325 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-1889-1943-harry-laylon-1911-1997-389-c-310426a9f9
9. 2024-05-25 | 1930s Walter Von Nessen / Chase Viking Pitcher Set | Kavanagh Auctions | CA$40 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-1930s-walter-von-nessen-chase-viking-pitcher-set-387-c-82f4d80815
10. 2024-04-18 | Walter Von Nessen \(1889\-1943\) & Harry Laylon \(1911\-1997\) | New Orleans Auction Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-1889-1943-harry-laylon-1911-1997-6-c-35744dd9ea
11. 2022-12-15 | Walter von Nessen \(German, 1889\-1943\) Pair of Aluminum Table Lamps, circa 1940, | Heritage Auctions | $440 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-german-1889-1943-pair-of-aluminum-table-lamps-circa-1940-28062-c-1d2482d899
12. 2022-10-13 | Walter von Nessen \(German, 1889\-1943\) A Pair of Planet Lamps, and Other, circa 1 | Heritage Auctions | $380
13. 2022-10-13 | Walter von Nessen \(German, 1889\-1943\) 'Continental' Coffee Service, circa 1940, | Heritage Auctions | $55
14. 2021-10-14 | Walter von Nessen \(1889\-1943\) for Chase Brass & Copper Co. Pelican ashtray, together with three Art Deco tabletop items Chase Pelica... | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-1889-1943-for-chase-brass-copper-co-pelican-ashtray-together-with-three-art-deco-tabletop-items-chase-pelica-731-c-1a84b4ea99
15. 2018-10-21 | WALTER VON NESSEN \(GERMAN\-AMERICAN, 1899\-1943\) SWING ARM FLOOR LAMP, CIRCA 1950, | Heritage Auctions | $65 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-german-american-1899-1943-swing-arm-floor-lamp-circa-1950-79172-c-60440c7b9a
16. 2025-11-18 | Walter von Nessen, Cube cigarette holder, model 17070 and ashtray | Wright | $2,200
17. 2025-11-18 | Walter von Nessen, Tavern pitcher, model 17026 | Wright | $1,100
18. 2025-11-18 | Walter von Nessen, Coronet coffee set | Wright | $450 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-coronet-coffee-set-248-c-2b4b73e6e9
19. 2025-11-18 | Walter von Nessen, Gothic and Ring bookends, two pairs | Wright | $850 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-gothic-and-ring-bookends-two-pairs-222-c-3e18fb9c41
20. 2025-11-18 | Walter von Nessen, Circular wall\-mounted candleholders, set of three | Wright | $2,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-walter-von-nessen-circular-wall-mounted-candleholders-set-of-three-221-c-7ed786a358
21. 2025-11-05 | WALTER VON NESSEN \(GERMANY/AMERICA, 1889\-1943\) FOR NESSEN LAMPS INC. SWING\-ARM DESK LAMP Bronx, New York, Circa 1970 Height 15". | Eldred's | $275
22. 2025-08-24 | Walter Von Nessen "Continental" Coffee Service | Main Auction Galleries | $100
23. 2025-08-14 | Walter von Nessen, Table lamp | Wright | $1,800
24. 2025-07-22 | Walter von Nessen \(German, 1889\-1943\) Pair of 'Taurex' Copper Candlesticks, c 1930, height 24.5 cm | Shapiro Auctioneers | A$340

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