Robert Hammerstiel Auction Prices and Value Guide

Robert Hammerstiel auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 226 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Robert Hammerstiel auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Robert Hammerstiel
Source records
226
Market update
2026-02-06

Robert Hammerstiel market snapshot

Robert Hammerstiel shows solid auction liquidity with 108 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (47.2% · 25 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (50.9% · 27 sales)
  • $10,000+ (1.9% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
4
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-06

Artist context

About Robert Hammerstiel

Robert Hammerstiel portrait
Klaus Schönitzer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Born

1933

Died

2020

Nationality

Austrian

Robert Hammerstiel (1933–2020) was an Austrian painter, graphic artist, engraver, and woodcutter. Authority records consistently identify him as the Austrian artist born in 1933, while biographical summaries describe a practice influenced by Serbian icon painting, wood engraving, and Pop art. Those references help place his work at the intersection of painting and print-based image making rather than within a single narrowly documented movement. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings, engravings, woodcuts, and other graphic works offered through the secondary market. Careful identity matching is especially important because a different Austrian artist, the photographer Robert F. Hammerstiel, was born in 1957 and maintains the official website found in the source pack. Records and works attributed to the two artists should not be combined. Hammerstiel's reported international recognition and the museum devoted to his work in his home town also indicate an established public legacy, although stronger institutional documentation would improve the biographical record.

Pop art influenceSerbian icon-painting influencePaintingEngraving and graphic artWoodcut

Common works and media

Works encountered in appraisal and auction contexts may include paintings, engravings, woodcuts, and other graphic works. Because the available sources describe Hammerstiel through both painting and printmaking practices, the exact process should be identified rather than labeling every work generically as a print. Edition numbers, inscriptions, signatures, paper or support, dimensions, and condition should be recorded when present.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Robert Hammerstiel should begin by confirming that it belongs to the 1933–2020 painter and graphic artist, not the younger photographer Robert F. Hammerstiel. The medium and technique matter because Hammerstiel worked across painting, engraving, woodcut, and broader graphic-art formats, which should be compared with like-for-like auction examples. An individual assessment should also document dimensions, date, signature or inscriptions, physical condition, provenance, and any edition information applicable to a print. Relevant public auction records can provide context through comparable work types, sale dates, and realized prices, but this source pack does not support a price forecast or market-trend claim. Attribution and object-specific evidence remain more important than the artist name alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Prints and graphic works
  • Woodcuts

Value drivers

  1. Correct artist identification, including separation from the younger Austrian photographer Robert F. Hammerstiel, born in 1957
  2. Medium and technique, particularly the distinction among paintings, engravings, other graphic works, and woodcuts
  3. Comparison with relevant public auction records, including sale date and realized price when available

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains an official website for Robert F. Hammerstiel, a photographer born in 1957. It concerns a different artist and should not be treated as the target artist's official site.
  • The collected Appraisily page confirms an auction-record context, but its page content was rate-limited during collection; no price trend, record price, or market-direction claim can be supported from this pack.
  • Condition, dimensions, signature, provenance, edition details, and attribution should be assessed for the individual work rather than inferred from artist-level records.

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 Robert Hammerstiel

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Robert Hammerstiel 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 Robert Hammerstiel artwork?

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