Günter Horlbeck Auction Prices and Value Guide

Günter Horlbeck auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 221 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Günter Horlbeck auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Günter Horlbeck
Source records
221
Market update
2026-02-06

Günter Horlbeck market snapshot

Günter Horlbeck shows deep auction liquidity with 180 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 39 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-08.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (100.0% · 83 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$150
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
39
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-08

Artist context

About Günter Horlbeck

Born

1927

Died

2016

Nationality

German

Günter Horlbeck (1927–2016) was a German painter, graphic artist, and printmaker. His identity and life years are represented across several established authority systems, including Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and national-library identifiers. These records provide a stable basis for distinguishing him from similarly named artists and for matching names found in catalogues or auction listings. Collectors may encounter Horlbeck’s name on paintings as well as prints and other graphic works, although the available source pack does not establish a particular movement, school, recurring subject, or named series. That limitation matters: a work should be described from its observable medium, technique, date, signature, and documentary history rather than assigned an unsupported stylistic label. Horlbeck’s documented activity across painting and printmaking also makes accurate work-type classification important when comparing an object with public auction records.

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Common works and media

The collected identity sources describe Horlbeck as a painter, graphic artist, and printmaker. Accordingly, works encountered in appraisal or auction contexts may be categorized as paintings, prints, or other graphic works. The source pack does not support more specific claims about techniques, subjects, editions, formats, or recurring series.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal research for a work attributed to Günter Horlbeck should begin by identifying its medium and work type, since paintings, prints, and other graphic works require different comparisons. Authority records can help normalize the artist’s name, but they do not authenticate an individual object. Useful auction comparisons should match the object as closely as possible and consider sale date, dimensions, technique, subject, condition, provenance, and, for prints, edition information when those details are documented. The collected source pack confirms an auction-facing artist page but does not provide usable lot-level descriptions or realized-price examples. Any valuation therefore requires inspection of the specific work and comparison with sufficiently documented public sales rather than a price prediction based only on the artist’s name.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Prints and graphic works

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium, including whether an object is a painting, print, or other graphic work
  2. Reliable attribution and identity matching against established artist authority records
  3. Comparable public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices, when available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not provide lot-level descriptions, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, edition details, or realized-price examples.
  • No movement, school, recurring subject, or named series is sufficiently documented in the collected sources.
  • Auction-category assignments are inferred cautiously from the documented occupations of painter, graphic artist, and printmaker.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Günter Horlbeck

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Günter Horlbeck 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 Günter Horlbeck artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.