Artists/Karel Appel
Karel Appel: Auction Results & Market Statistics
Karel Appel (1921–2006, dutch) has 256 recorded auction sales between 2006 and 2026, totaling $15.0M in hammer-price volume. Statistics are computed from the Art Market API auction database and updated regularly.
Sold lots
256
Total volume
$15.0M
hammer prices, USD
Average price
$58,430
Auction record
$746,500
Sell-through rate
77%
share of offered lots that sold
Sold above estimate
50%
share of sold lots beating the high estimate
Volume by category
- Painting
100 lots · $11.1M
- Sculpture
4 lots · $456,746
- Drawing
11 lots · $172,530
- Print
8 lots · $55,558
- Photograph
1 lots · $11,950
Yearly auction performance
| Year | Lots sold | Total volume | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | $109,600 | $54,800 |
| 2025 | 13 | $674,007 | $51,847 |
| 2024 | 30 | $1.4M | $48,208 |
| 2023 | 15 | $927,989 | $61,866 |
| 2022 | 22 | $1.6M | $71,559 |
| 2021 | 29 | $1.6M | $56,251 |
| 2020 | 28 | $456,580 | $16,306 |
| 2019 | 27 | $2.1M | $78,012 |
| 2018 | 9 | $631,970 | $70,219 |
| 2017 | 18 | $1.1M | $63,030 |
| 2016 | 15 | $904,766 | $60,318 |
| 2015 | 2 | $89,680 | $44,840 |
| 2014 | 3 | $89,743 | $29,914 |
| 2013 | 1 | $25,086 | $25,086 |
| 2012 | 2 | $22,322 | $11,161 |
| 2011 | 7 | $1.0M | $148,716 |
| 2010 | 15 | $849,295 | $56,620 |
| 2009 | 6 | $914,808 | $152,468 |
| 2008 | 4 | $202,196 | $50,549 |
| 2007 | 3 | $106,675 | $35,558 |
| 2006 | 5 | $19,659 | $3,932 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Karel Appel's complete lot-level auction history is available as structured JSON, filterable by date, price, category, and more.
curl "https://api.artmarketapi.com/api/v1/auction_records?artist=5ce82f8d706a5f0017e062b6&limit=10" \
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