Karl (1898) Kluth Auction Prices and Value Guide

Karl (1898) Kluth auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 197 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Karl (1898) Kluth auction prices: quick answer

Karl (1898) Kluth auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Karl (1898) Kluth
Source records
197
Market update
2026-02-06

Karl (1898) Kluth market snapshot

Karl (1898) Kluth shows thin auction liquidity with 5 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2016-04-23.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (50.0% · 1 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (50.0% · 1 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2016-04-23

Artist context

About Karl (1898) Kluth

Born

1898

Died

1972

Nationality

German

Also known as

Karl Kluth, Kluth, Karl, 1898-1972

Karl Kluth (1898–1972) was a German painter associated with Hamburg's twentieth-century artistic community. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty align the name Karl Kluth with this German artist. He belonged to the Hamburger Künstlerverein, the Hamburgische Künstlerschaft, and the Hamburg Secession. His working life continued through the National Socialist period and was interrupted by military service and Soviet captivity; he returned in 1949. In 1950, Kluth joined the boards of the Deutscher Künstlerbund and Hamburger Künstlerverein and entered Hamburg's Freie Akademie der Künste. Two years later, he became a professor at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings and in broad auction fine-art listings. The available source pack establishes his identity, institutional affiliations, and teaching career but does not securely document particular subjects, named series, or a more specific stylistic classification, so those details should be evaluated work by work.

Hamburg Secession (member)Painting

Common works and media

The source pack securely identifies Kluth as a painter, making paintings the best-supported work type for identity matching and appraisal research. The collected Appraisily page also lists works on paper and prints as an auction grouping, but it does not provide enough artist-specific evidence to establish their frequency. No reliable subjects, named series, sculpture practice, ceramic production, or edition history are documented in the pack. Medium, support, technique, dimensions, signature, inscriptions, and date should be recorded directly from each object rather than inferred from broad auction categories.

Market and appraisal context

A Karl Kluth appraisal should begin by confirming that the object belongs to the German painter born in 1898, rather than relying on a name match alone. Relevant comparisons should align in medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration history, signature or inscriptions, provenance, exhibition history, and attribution strength. Comparable public sales are most informative when the works are genuinely similar. The collected Appraisily page is internally inconsistent: one section mentions five tracked lots and a median result, while its later metadata reports no matched or priced records. Those counts and price statistics should therefore be reconciled before they are used as market evidence. Private transactions and incomplete auction feeds may also limit the visible record.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and position within the artist's career
  2. Condition, surface quality, and restoration history
  3. Signature, inscriptions, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Comparable public auction sales for works similar in medium, size, date, condition, and attribution

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected Appraisily page contains conflicting summaries: one passage reports five tracked lots, while later metadata reports zero matched and zero priced records. The market dataset should be reconciled before using its counts or price statistics. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/karl-1898-kluth/
  • Public auction records are appraisal inputs rather than conclusive valuations, and incomplete feeds, private transactions, condition differences, and attribution changes may not be represented. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/karl-1898-kluth/

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 Karl (1898) Kluth

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Karl (1898) Kluth 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 Karl (1898) Kluth artwork?

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