Shmuel Tepler Auction Prices and Value Guide

Shmuel Tepler auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 774 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Shmuel Tepler auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Shmuel Tepler
Source records
774
Market update
2026-02-16

Shmuel Tepler market snapshot

Shmuel Tepler shows very deep auction liquidity with 544 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $340. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 22 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-22.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (81.8% · 117 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (18.2% · 26 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$120
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
22
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-22

Artist context

About Shmuel Tepler

Shmuel Tepler (1918–1998) was a Polish-born Israeli painter active from approximately 1938 until his death. Born in Hrubieszów, Poland, he later settled in Tel Aviv, where he lived and worked for much of his career. In addition to painting, Tepler taught art. He was accepted as a member of the Italian Academy in 1975, reflecting recognition beyond Israel's borders. Tepler's work appears regularly at auction, with over seven hundred recorded lots, indicating sustained collector interest. Authority records at the Library of Congress, VIAF, RKD, and Wikidata corroborate his identity and dates, providing a reliable foundation for attribution research.

Painting

Common works and media

Tepler is recorded primarily as a painter. Works encountered at auction or in private collections may include oil on canvas, acrylic, watercolor, and mixed-media compositions. Specific subjects and series are not documented in the available authority files, so appraisers should evaluate each work individually based on its own medium, dimensions, date, and subject matter.

Market and appraisal context

Shmuel Tepler maintains an active and liquid secondary market with 577 recorded auction lots spanning from August 2010 through March 2026. Of those, 147 carry realized-price data. The price distribution is accessible: the interquartile range falls between $160 and $600 USD (median $320), with a recorded ceiling of $5,000 USD. The market is concentrated among Israeli and European auction houses—Yair Art Gallery is the most prolific consignor, accounting for the majority of recent lots, followed by The Bidder, Pasarel, Desa Unicum SA, Montefiore Auction House, and Tiroche Auction House. RoGallery and Ishtar Auctions Ltd also appear. Liquidity dipped slightly year-over-year (44 lots in the trailing 12 months versus 65 in the prior period), but the volume remains robust for a mid-century Israeli painter. Lot titles reference urban landscapes, still lifes, and domestic interiors, suggesting a figurative-landscape idiom typical of Israeli modernist painting. The absence of prices on many recent Yair Art Gallery listings may reflect pre-sale estimates or unsold results, which collectors should verify directly.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Israeli & International Art
  • Painting

Value drivers

  1. Provenance linking to Tel Aviv or Israeli gallery context
  2. Medium, dimensions, and date of execution
  3. Membership in the Italian Academy (1975) may signal recognized exhibition pedigree
  4. Medium and dimensions: oil on canvas generally commands more than works on board or paper; larger-scale paintings tend toward the upper end of the price range.
  5. Subject matter: titled works (urban landscapes, still lifes, domestic interiors) may allow more precise comparable-lot matching than untitled lots.
  6. Date of execution: works from Tepler's mature period (1960s–1980s) may carry stronger market interest than late or undated pieces.

Appraisal caveats

  • No specific movement, subject matter, or exhibition history is documented in the available authority files; appraisal should rely on individual work documentation and comparable auction records.
  • Of 577 recorded lots, only 147 (25%) carry published realized prices; the remaining lots may include unsold results, pre-sale estimates, or records where price data was not captured. Any price-range analysis should acknowledge this gap.
  • Yair Art Gallery accounts for the majority of recent lots but frequently does not publish price-realised data in the source records; this introduces venue-specific coverage bias.
  • One Pasarel listing records the artist's birth year as 1908 rather than the authority-filed 1918, indicating possible data-entry errors in auction-house cataloguing.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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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.

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Shmuel Tepler 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.

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