Hans Schärer Auction Prices and Value Guide
Hans Schärer auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 249 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Hans Schärer auction prices: quick answer
Hans Schärer auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Hans Schärer
- Source records
- 249
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Hans Schärer market snapshot
Hans Schärer shows solid auction liquidity with 108 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $180. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-25.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (75.4% · 49 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (20.0% · 13 sales)
- $10,000+ (4.6% · 3 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $360
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 4
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-25
Artist context
About Hans Schärer
Born
1927
Died
1997
Nationality
Swiss
Hans Schärer (1927–1997) was a Swiss artist born in Bern whose practice included painting, drawing, graphic work, and watercolor. He is frequently described as standing close to Art Brut, although the collected sources do not include a museum or estate statement confirming that classification. Schärer also pursued literary and musical activity. His bibliographic record points to sustained bodies of work on paper, including the Dame group dated 1970–1980 and pages from Stundenbuch spanning 1966–1980. Exhibition and catalogue records foreground Madonna imagery and erotic watercolors, subjects that help distinguish his work in collection and auction contexts. Collectors may therefore encounter Schärer through several media rather than one standardized format. Wikidata, VIAF, and IdRef consistently identify him as Hans Schärer, born in 1927 and deceased in 1997, providing a sound identity basis despite the limited institutional biography contained in this source pack.
Associated with Art BrutPaintingDrawing and works on paperGraphic artWatercolorMadonna imageryErotic subjects
Common works and media
Works encountered in collection and appraisal contexts may include paintings, drawings, graphic works, and watercolors. Published records particularly identify Madonna imagery, erotic watercolors, Dame works on paper from 1970–1980, and pages associated with Stundenbuch from 1966–1980. A prospective attribution should distinguish an original work from any facsimile or other reproductive format described in related bibliographic records.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal of a work attributed to Hans Schärer should begin by identifying its medium, technique, subject, and date, then comparing it with public auction records for closely related material. Catalogue references distinguish paintings, drawings, graphic works, watercolors, Madonna imagery, erotic subjects, and dated groups of works on paper. Those distinctions provide more useful comparison criteria than the artist’s name alone. The collected sources do not supply sale-level prices, condition reports, provenance, signature analysis, edition information, or measurements, so these details must be established from the individual object and its documentation. No price prediction or market trend can be supported from this source pack alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Drawings and other works on paper
- Watercolors
- Graphic works
Value drivers
- Medium and technique, including whether a work is a painting, drawing, graphic work, or watercolor
- Subject or identified body of work, including Madonna imagery, erotic watercolors, Dame works on paper, or Stundenbuch pages
- Date and relationship to documented periods such as the 1966–1980 Stundenbuch material or 1970–1980 Dame works
- Comparable public auction records matched by medium, subject, and date
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not contain sale-level realized prices, lot measurements, condition reports, provenance histories, signature information, edition details, or attribution analyses.
- The collected Appraisily page could not be inspected because its source-pack request was rate-limited, so no price level or market trend is asserted.
- No major auction-house biography or institutional market study was available in the collected source pack.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- IdRef library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Library of Congress library authority
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Hans Schärer 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 Hans Schärer artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.