Clara Porges Auction Prices and Value Guide
Clara Porges auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 172 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Clara Porges auction prices: quick answer
Clara Porges auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Clara Porges
- Source records
- 172
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Clara Porges market snapshot
Clara Porges shows solid auction liquidity with 72 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $18,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-28.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (32.3% · 21 sales)
- $10,000+ (67.7% · 44 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $13,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 9
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-28
Artist context
About Clara Porges
Born
1879
Died
1963
Nationality
German
Also known as
Clara Sommer
Clara Porges (1879–1963), born Clara Sommer, was a German painter described in the available biographical record as a modern-era artist. A German-language reference states that she lived in Switzerland from 1918, giving her career both German and Swiss context without establishing a more specific movement or school. Public authority records consistently identify her by name and life years, while the collected sources provide little detail about her training, exhibitions, or individual works. Collectors are most likely to encounter Porges through paintings and auction records indexed under her name. Appraisily currently matches records spanning 2002–2025, but those records should be treated as object-level evidence rather than a substitute for a catalogue raisonné. Signatures, inscriptions, medium, date, provenance, and the precise attribution attached to a lot remain important when distinguishing documented works from loosely matched or incompletely described material.
Painting
Common works and media
Paintings are the most securely supported work type in the collected identity sources. The matched auction page also organizes records under works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Because those categories are broad, they should not be read as a definitive catalogue of Porges's practice. Any proposed work should be evaluated from its actual medium, support, dimensions, subject, signature or inscriptions, condition, provenance, and attribution wording.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily's current index contains 73 matched records, including 65 with prices, across 2002–2025. The observed results range from $1,610 to $100,000, with a reported median near $18,000. These figures describe the available public record, not a forecast or a price for a specific object. Comparison should focus on lots with similar medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration history, subject, provenance, catalogue history, signatures, and attribution confidence. Reported totals may not be directly comparable when buyer's premiums or fees differ. Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, and later attribution changes may also affect the record. A defensible appraisal therefore checks the underlying lot descriptions and images and gives greatest weight to recent, genuinely comparable public sales.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Fine art and paintings
- Works on paper and prints
- Sculpture and mixed media
- Decorative art and editions
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Subject matter, rarity, current demand, and comparable public auction sales
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records are a starting point rather than a final appraisal; private sales, incomplete feeds, and attribution changes may not be represented (https://appraisily.com/artist/clara-porges/).
- Reported auction totals may include buyer's premiums or fees, so apparently similar results may not be directly comparable (https://appraisily.com/artist/clara-porges/).
- The broad auction-category labels require verification against each lot's description and images before they are treated as evidence of the artist's documented media (https://appraisily.com/artist/clara-porges/).
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Clara Porges worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
Can Appraisily value my Clara Porges artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.