Mart Stam Auction Prices and Value Guide
Mart Stam auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 143 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Mart Stam auction prices: quick answer
Mart Stam auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Mart Stam
- Source records
- 143
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Mart Stam market snapshot
Mart Stam shows solid auction liquidity with 87 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 11 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-17.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (69.4% · 34 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (28.6% · 14 sales)
- $10,000+ (2.0% · 1 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $450
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 11
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-17
Artist context
About Mart Stam
Born
1899
Died
1986
Nationality
Dutch
Also known as
Martinus Adrianus Stam, Martin Stam
Mart Stam (1899–1986), born Martinus Adrianus Stam, was a Dutch architect, urban planner, and furniture designer. Authority records from VIAF, IdRef, and Wikidata agree on his identity, life years, national context, and professional roles, while the Museum of Modern Art maintains a dedicated artist record. Stam is therefore best understood across architecture and collectible design rather than only through a conventional fine-art category. Biographical material in the collected pack places his career within major twentieth-century European architecture and design networks, although the available authority excerpts do not independently establish every episode of that career. In appraisal and auction contexts, collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with furniture design, particularly seating and the history of the cantilever chair. His identity may appear as Mart Stam, Martin Stam, or Martinus Adrianus Stam, making alias matching important when reviewing catalogues and sale records. Object attribution, however, should remain separate from biographical identification.
Furniture designArchitectural and urban design
Common works and media
Furniture is the principal collectible work type supported by the collected sources. Auction and appraisal searches may especially encounter seating or objects connected with Stam’s role in cantilever-chair design. Architectural plans, publications, and documentary material may also carry his name, but the source pack does not establish their frequency in the auction market. It provides no support for treating paintings, prints, sculpture, or ceramics as characteristic Stam categories.
Market and appraisal context
Mart Stam’s auction footprint should be read primarily as a design market rather than as a conventional fine-art price series. The collected sources identify him as an architect and furniture designer and associate his name with cantilever-chair development. A useful appraisal comparison must begin by confirming that the object is presented as a Stam design and then matching it with records for the same kind of object. This research pack does not contain lot-level descriptions, production dates, manufacturer details, condition reports, provenance, estimates, or realized prices, so it cannot support a price forecast or rank individual valuation factors. Any valuation conclusion should be based on the specific object and closely comparable public auction records.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Furniture and design objects
- Seating and cantilever-chair-related designs
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no individual lot descriptions, manufacturer information, condition reports, provenance, estimates, realized prices, or major auction-house commentary.
- No price trend, market ranking, scarcity claim, or model-specific valuation conclusion can be supported from this source pack alone.
- Object attribution should not be inferred solely from the presence of Mart Stam's name in an auction directory.
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
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
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 Mart Stam 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 Mart Stam artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.