Jürgen Klauke Auction Prices and Value Guide

Jürgen Klauke auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 232 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Jürgen Klauke auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Jürgen Klauke
Source records
232
Market update
2026-02-06

Jürgen Klauke market snapshot

Jürgen Klauke shows solid auction liquidity with 72 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $580. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 13 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (62.9% · 22 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (31.4% · 11 sales)
  • $10,000+ (5.7% · 2 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$750
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
13
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-06

Artist context

About Jürgen Klauke

Jürgen Klauke portrait
Tom Ordelman Thor NL · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Born

1943

Nationality

German

Also known as

Juergen Klauke

Jürgen Klauke (born 1943) is a German artist, photographer and performance artist closely associated with staged photography and the use of his own body as an image-making subject. Authority records from Wikidata and VIAF identify him as a German photographer born in 1943, while VIAF also describes him as a performance artist. Public biographies trace his body-centered photographic practice to the 1960s and state that he has lived and worked in Cologne since 1968. His images and performances examine self-presentation and social norms, especially gender roles and sexuality; published accounts also connect parts of his practice with minimalism and surrealism. Collectors therefore encounter Klauke chiefly through photography and material connected with performance-oriented practice rather than through one conventional genre. Museum and authority profiles, including MoMA, Getty ULAN and VIAF, provide stable entity references that help distinguish his work and name variants across collections, catalogues and auction records.

Performance artStaged photographyMinimalismSurrealismPhotographyPerformanceThe artist's own body and self-presentationGender roles and sexualitySocial norms and nonconformity

Common works and media

The available sources most strongly support photographs and performance-based work. Commonly relevant imagery centers on Klauke's own body, staged self-presentation, gender roles, sexuality and challenges to social conventions. An appraisal should establish whether an object is a photograph, documentation connected with a performance, or another work type before selecting comparable auction records.

Market and appraisal context

Klauke's market should be assessed work by work, beginning with the object's medium, date, format and relationship to his documented staged-photography and performance practice. Photographs and performance-related photographic material should be compared with genuinely similar works rather than treated as interchangeable. Condition, dimensions, provenance and edition information require verification from the object and its documentation. Appraisily records provide a starting point for reviewing sale dates, realized prices and comparable lots when available, but the collected source pack contains no usable major-auction-house lot analysis. Auction results should therefore be treated as historical evidence rather than a price forecast or proof of attribution.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Photographs
  • Performance-related photographic works

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type, particularly the distinction between photographs and performance-related photographic material
  2. Relationship to Klauke's staged, body-centered photographic practice
  3. Comparability of available public auction records, including sale date and realized price

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no usable major-auction-house biography or lot-level evidence, so artist-specific market conclusions should remain conservative.
  • Edition status, dimensions, condition, provenance, date, and the precise relationship of an object to a documented performance require work-specific verification.
  • The presence of public auction records does not by itself establish authenticity, attribution, condition, or current value.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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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 Jürgen Klauke

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Jürgen Klauke 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 Jürgen Klauke artwork?

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