Gottfried Honegger Auction Prices and Value Guide

Gottfried Honegger auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 754 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Gottfried Honegger auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Gottfried Honegger
Source records
754
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Gottfried Honegger

Gottfried Honegger (1917–2016) was a Swiss painter, sculptor, printmaker, collagist, and graphic designer whose career spanned more than seven decades. Born on June 12, 1917, in Switzerland, he built a multifaceted practice across fine art and graphic design that brought his work into both museum collections and the commercial sphere. Honegger was also a noted art collector. His work is represented in major institutional collections, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and he is recorded in leading authority databases such as the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), the Getty Union List of Artist Names, and VIAF. The breadth of his output—encompassing painting, sculpture, collage, and printmaking—has made his work a steady presence in the international art market.

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Common works and media

Honegger's auction appearances most commonly include abstract paintings, geometric sculptures, silkscreen and lithographic prints, and mixed-media collages. He also produced graphic design work and artist multiples. Collectors may encounter both unique paintings and sculptures as well as editioned prints across a range of sizes and formats.

Market and appraisal context

Gottfried Honegger (1917–2016) maintains an active and well-documented secondary market. The Appraisily auction-record index tracks 335 lots, of which 187 carry a realized price, spanning sales from March 1999 through April 2026. His work trades predominantly through Swiss and French houses—Koller Auctions, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Germann Auction House Ltd, Cornette de Saint-Cyr, and Leclere—with additional reach via Sotheby's, Christie's, and RoGallery in New York. The price distribution is wide: the median stands at approximately $1,100 (converted), the 25th percentile at $325, and the 75th percentile at $6,000, with a recorded ceiling of $62,500. This dispersion reflects the distinction between editioned prints and multiples on the lower end and unique paintings or sculptures at the upper end. Liquidity is steady, with 23 lots recorded in the most recent 12-month window and 38 in the prior 12-month period, indicating consistent market interest from both European and North American collectors.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Post-War & Contemporary Art
  • Prints & Multiples
  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Works on Paper

Value drivers

  1. Medium and technique (painting, sculpture, print, collage) significantly affects value
  2. Institutional provenance and exhibition history can enhance value
  3. With 754 recorded auction appearances, Honegger's work has an established secondary market
  4. Medium is the primary value driver: unique paintings and sculptures command multiples of print prices
  5. Editioned screenprints and intaglios trade in the $250–$460 range; unique works range from approximately €1,900 to CHF 9,500 at mid-tier houses, with peaks to $62,500 at major houses
  6. Auction-house tier matters: Sotheby's and Christie's lots tend to realize higher prices than regional Swiss or French houses

Appraisal caveats

  • Movement affiliation is not specified in the collected authority sources; consult museum or scholarly publications for classification within Concrete Art, geometric abstraction, or related movements.
  • No specific auction records, realized prices, or price ranges are available in the current source pack; appraisal should reference comparable lots from major auction houses.
  • Price data mixes currencies (USD, EUR, CHF); median and percentile figures are not currency-adjusted and should be interpreted as directional rather than exact benchmarks.
  • Many recent lots (roughly half) show null price-realized values, indicating either unsold lots or results not yet reported; actual liquidity may differ from the lot-count figures.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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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.

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Artist value FAQ

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