Martin E. Philipp Auction Prices and Value Guide
Martin E. Philipp auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 304 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Martin E. Philipp auction prices: quick answer
Martin E. Philipp auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Martin E. Philipp
- Source records
- 304
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Martin E. Philipp market snapshot
Martin E. Philipp shows deep auction liquidity with 199 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 11 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (99.4% · 155 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.6% · 1 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $180
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 11
- Median shift vs prior year
- +63.6%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-06
Artist context
About Martin E. Philipp
Born
1887
Died
1978
Nationality
German
Also known as
Martin Erich Philipp, M. E. Philipp, MEPH
Martin E. Philipp is an authority-file form of Martin Erich Philipp (1887–1978), a German painter and graphic artist. Library authority records also index him as M. E. Philipp, while a German-language biographical record notes the initials MEPH. The alignment between Wikidata and VIAF provides a useful identity anchor for cataloguing and entity matching. The collected sources do not establish a specific movement, school, recurring subject, technique, or named series, so those details should not be inferred. Collectors may encounter Philipp’s name on paintings, graphic works, and catalogue records that shorten his given names to initials. For appraisal research, the principal value of this profile is disambiguation: separating records for this German artist from unrelated people and keeping variant name forms connected. Further object-level research is needed to identify medium, date, subject, and authorship for any specific work.
PaintingGraphic art
Common works and media
Available authority and biographical sources support only broad categories: paintings and graphic works. They do not establish whether a particular object is an oil, watercolor, drawing, print, poster, or editioned work, and they provide no recurring subject list. Catalogue entries should therefore use the object’s own documented medium and description rather than extrapolating from artist-level data.
Market and appraisal context
Valuation begins with confirming that the catalogue identity matches Martin Erich Philipp, since records may use Martin E. Philipp, M. E. Philipp, or MEPH. The collected sources support only the broad categories of painting and graphic art; they do not identify particular techniques, editions, subjects, or named series. Comparisons should therefore remain within the same documented work category and use public lots whose attribution and artist identity align. When Appraisily records are available, sale dates, realized prices, and closely comparable lots can provide market context. This source pack, however, contains no accessible major-auction-house results source and supports no conclusion about price trends. A work-specific appraisal requires evidence beyond this artist-level identity profile.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Graphic works
Value drivers
- Confirmed attribution and matching of abbreviated or alternate artist names
- Classification as a painting or graphic work
- Comparable public auction records within the same documented work category, when available
- Sale dates and realized prices from closely comparable recorded lots, when available
Appraisal caveats
- No major-auction-house biography or results page was available in the collected source pack.
- The collected sources do not establish specific techniques, editions, recurring subjects, named series, or price trends.
- The Appraisily artist page was rate-limited during collection, so its market-record signal could not be independently inspected.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Martin E. Philipp 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 Martin E. Philipp artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.