Horst Kerstan Auction Prices and Value Guide

Horst Kerstan auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 275 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Horst Kerstan auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Horst Kerstan
Source records
275
Market update
2026-02-06

Horst Kerstan market snapshot

Horst Kerstan shows solid auction liquidity with 68 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 23 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-07.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (97.1% · 34 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (2.9% · 1 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$120
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
23
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-07

Artist context

About Horst Kerstan

Horst Kerstan is identified in the collected public sources as a ceramicist and artist. His identity is connected to records maintained by Wikidata and several international library-authority systems, including VIAF, the Library of Congress, the German National Library, ISNI, IdRef, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The available German-language biographical source gives his fuller name as Horst Eduard Kerstan and describes him as German. Because the collected material contains little accessible biographical or institutional detail, this profile does not assign birth and death dates, a movement, a school, or specific periods of activity. Collectors are most likely to encounter Kerstan's name in relation to ceramic works, but individual objects should be assessed from their own documentation and securely matched auction records.

Ceramics

Common works and media

The available biographical description supports ceramics as Kerstan's principal documented medium. The source pack does not provide enough detail to identify recurring vessel forms, techniques, glazes, subjects, editions, series, or periods without speculation. Auction and appraisal records should therefore describe each object from its observable characteristics and documentation rather than assume a standard Kerstan work type.

Market and appraisal context

The supplied Appraisily inventory associates 275 auction records with the Horst Kerstan name, indicating that comparable entries may be available for research. The collected public source pack, however, does not expose individual lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, or condition information. It therefore cannot support a typical value, price trend, or hierarchy of work types. Market analysis should begin by confirming that each comparison concerns the same artist and a genuinely comparable ceramic object. Conclusions should remain provisional until the relevant auction-house descriptions and results can be reviewed.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Ceramic works

Appraisal caveats

  • Do not infer typical values or price trends from the aggregate auction-record count alone.
  • Lot-level descriptions and results should be verified before drawing conclusions about attribution, work type, or market comparability.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

Source-grounded artist Markdown

Recent sale records

Selected public auction records currently in the Appraisily lot index. Use them as market context, then request a formal appraisal before you sell, insure, or donate.

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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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Horst Kerstan

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Horst Kerstan 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 Horst Kerstan artwork?

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