Rolf Knie Auction Prices and Value Guide
Rolf Knie auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 339 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Rolf Knie auction prices: quick answer
Rolf Knie auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Rolf Knie
- Source records
- 339
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Rolf Knie market snapshot
Rolf Knie shows solid auction liquidity with 146 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $60. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-26.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (90.6% · 29 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (9.4% · 3 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $30
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 9
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-09-26
Artist context
About Rolf Knie
Born
1949
Nationality
Swiss
Rolf Knie, born in 1949, is a Swiss painter and multidisciplinary visual artist whose biography also includes acting and circus performance. Library and authority records identify him as a Swiss painter and document publications devoted to his prints, bronzes, and multiples. The collected biographical material connects his visual practice closely with the circus world. Across painting, drawing, engraving, lithography, and sculpture, recurring imagery includes clowns, performers, animals, and theatrical objects. Collectors may therefore encounter both unique works and editioned objects rather than one uniform category. Appraisily's input associates a substantial body of auction records with his name, making precise entity matching and medium classification important. This profile does not assign Knie to a formal art-historical movement because the available authority sources support his identity, media, and circus context more clearly than membership in a specific school. His combined experience in performance and visual art provides the most useful context for understanding why circus subjects recur throughout the work attributed to him.
PaintingDrawingPrintmaking, including engraving and lithographyBronze sculptureCircus performers and clownsCircus animals and theatrical objects
Common works and media
Collectors may encounter paintings and drawings, editioned prints such as engravings and lithographs, bronze sculpture, and other multiples. The collected visual-art description repeatedly connects Knie's work with circus themes, including clowns, performers, animals, and theatrical objects. Each work should be catalogued according to its actual medium and, where applicable, its edition or multiple status.
Market and appraisal context
For appraisal, begin by separating Knie's unique paintings and drawings from prints, lithographs, bronzes, and other multiples. Edition or casting information can change which public records are meaningfully comparable, so objects should first be matched by medium and work type. Circus imagery is documented in the collected material and may help with cataloguing, but subject matter alone does not establish authorship. Appraisily's input associates 339 auction records with this artist; however, the source pack did not expose individual lot descriptions, sale dates, or realized prices. Like-for-like records should therefore be inspected before drawing a valuation conclusion, and no price prediction or market trend is asserted here.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings and drawings
- Prints, engravings, and lithographs
- Bronzes and other multiples
Value drivers
- Work type and medium, particularly the distinction between unique paintings or drawings and editioned prints, bronzes, or other multiples
- Edition or multiple status for prints, bronzes, and other editioned objects
- Relationship of the subject to Knie's documented circus imagery, used as cataloguing context rather than proof of authorship
- Comparable public auction records, including their work type, sale date, and realized price, when inspected records are available
Appraisal caveats
- No major-auction-house source or accessible individual lot record was included in the collected source pack, so no price level or market trend is asserted.
- The Appraisily page was rate-limited during collection. The count of 339 is input metadata and was not reconciled against inspected lot-level records.
- The collected sources do not establish a formal art movement or school for Knie.
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.
rolf knie n en 1949 · HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo · 2025-09-26 rolf knie n en 1949 HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo · 2025-09-26
rolf knie n en 1949 · HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo · 2025-06-05 rolf knie n en 1949 HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo · 2025-06-05
rolf knie n en 1949 · HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo · 2025-06-05 rolf knie n en 1949 HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo · 2025-06-05
rolf knie · Schuler Auktionen · 2024-12-11 rolf knie Schuler Auktionen · 2024-12-11
rolf knie n en 1949 · HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo · 2024-11-27 rolf knie n en 1949 HVMC - Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo · 2024-11-27
rolf knie · Schuler Auktionen · 2024-09-12 rolf knie Schuler Auktionen · 2024-09-12
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 Rolf Knie 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 Rolf Knie artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.