Artists/Max Ernst

Max Ernst: Auction Results & Market Statistics

Max Ernst (1891–1976, german) has 208 recorded auction sales between 2006 and 2026, totaling $83.9M in hammer-price volume. Statistics are computed from the Art Market API auction database and updated regularly.

Sold lots

208

Total volume

$83.9M

hammer prices, USD

Average price

$403,205

Auction record

$24.4M

Sell-through rate

72%

share of offered lots that sold

Sold above estimate

50%

share of sold lots beating the high estimate

Max Ernst — auction volume by year (USD)
2006peak $33.8M2026

Volume by category

Yearly auction performance

YearLots soldTotal volumeAverage price
20268$206,032$25,754
202511$4.8M$435,124
202413$2.1M$158,721
202314$5.9M$420,315
202230$33.8M$1.1M
202143$14.0M$326,743
202028$6.1M$217,018
201924$1.3M$52,837
20186$1.5M$246,203
20173$767,463$255,821
20151$603,757$603,757
201413$2.5M$193,108
20123$8.3M$2.8M
20111$28,765$28,765
20103$1.6M$539,009
20082$14,577$7,288
20073$102,464$34,155
20062$307,320$153,660

Query this data programmatically

Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Max Ernst'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=5ce5cf4b86287e0017c306d3&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer amapi_live_your_key_here"

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