Erich Mayer Auction Prices and Value Guide
Erich Mayer auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 271 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Erich Mayer auction prices: quick answer
Erich Mayer auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Erich Mayer
- Source records
- 271
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Erich Mayer market snapshot
Erich Mayer shows solid auction liquidity with 122 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,584. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-17.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (13.6% · 9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (74.2% · 49 sales)
- $10,000+ (12.1% · 8 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $2,600
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 6
- Median shift vs prior year
- +36.8%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-09-17
Artist context
About Erich Mayer
Born
1876
Died
1960
Nationality
German
Also known as
Erich Ernst Karl Mayer
Erich Ernst Karl Mayer (1876–1960) was a German-Jewish artist, writer, and philosopher who migrated to South Africa and made the country his home. Public biographical material associates him with efforts to develop an artistic language grounded in South African experience rather than simply reproducing imported European conventions. That context makes Mayer relevant to the history of South African art as well as to collectors researching émigré artists and cultural exchange. Works offered under his name may appear in auction databases, but identity should be checked carefully because Erich Mayer is not a unique name: a collected Wikidata profile refers to an unrelated Holocaust victim born in 1889. The artist discussed on this page is the Mayer born in 1876 and identified publicly as an artist, author, and philosophical thinker who settled in South Africa.
Common works and media
The collected public sources identify Mayer as an artist but do not reliably specify the media, subjects, editions, or categories most often associated with his work. Paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, or other objects offered under his name should therefore be classified from the individual work and its documentation rather than from an assumed standard body of work.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal research should begin by confirming that a work is connected to the South African-based artist born in 1876, since public entity data also contains an unrelated person named Erich Mayer. Relevant auction records can then provide sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. The collected source pack does not establish Mayer's characteristic media, subjects, signature forms, periods, or edition practices, and it contains no major auction-house biography. Those gaps make object-level evidence especially important. Attribution, inscriptions, provenance, physical condition, dimensions, medium, subject, and date should be documented before selecting comparables or drawing conclusions from records grouped under the artist's name.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Artworks catalogued in auction records under the name Erich Mayer
Value drivers
- Confirmation that an attribution refers to the South African-based artist born in 1876 rather than another person named Erich Mayer
- Comparison with relevant public auction records catalogued under the artist's name
Appraisal caveats
- The collected sources do not identify typical media, subjects, signatures, periods, or edition practices.
- No major auction-house source was collected, so object-specific market conclusions should not be inferred from this profile alone.
- The supplied Wikidata record describes a different person with the same name and must not be used as this artist's entity identifier.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: low confidence, thin source quality.
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
- Wikidata library authority
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 Erich Mayer 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 Erich Mayer artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.