Christian Berentz — auction results & prices

17results on record

43%sell-through

$35,850median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)

$182,000record in our coverage

Drawn from 17 recorded results (13 sold · 4 passed) across 4 auction houses, 1999–2025. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer method · log scale

Where does a value land in this market?

The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.

Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.

By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line

Medium	Results	Sell-through	Median result (USD)
ceramics & design	6	0%	$18,000
painting	4	n/a	$95,814

Medium is recorded for 10 of 17 results (59%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Klaes Molenaer Christian Berentz Klaes Molenaer

Metric	Christian Berentz	Klaes Molenaer
Median result	$35,850	$11,814
Record price	$182,000	$209,435
Results on record	17	123
Years active at auction	1999–2025	1998–2026

Where this artist sells best

House	Results	Sell-through	Median	vs. estimate
Sotheby's	9	33%	$20,607	0.90×
Christie's	4	—	$95,814	—
Dorotheum	3	67%	$33,584	—
Lempertz	1	0%	—	—

The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →

Prices realized 17 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 4 passed lots

Date	Lot	Medium	Estimate USD	House
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2025·07	Still life with a melon and a peach on a silver platter, with a glass bowl of grapes and assorted glassware		$27,308–$40,962	Sotheby's
2022·05	[no title recorded]		—	Dorotheum
2022·04	Still life with a pomegranate and grapes, with roses and other fruits in a basket, all on a stone ledge		$13,086–$19,628	Sotheby's
2021·07	Still life with a pomegranate and grapes, with roses and other fruits in a basket, all on a stone ledge		$20,616–$27,488	Sotheby's
2018·11	Still Life with Fruit and Flowers Still Life with Fruit and Mushrooms		$22,692–$28,365	Lempertz
2018·10	[no title recorded]		—	Dorotheum
2016·04	[no title recorded]		—	Dorotheum
2011·07	still life with a melon and a peach on a silver platter, together with a glass bowl of grapes and a tray of assorted glassware on a marble table top partly draped with a blue cloth		$63,881–$95,821	Sotheby's
2009·10	natura morta con anguria, melograno, uva e giovane contadina		$52,024–$66,888	Sotheby's
2008·10	a still life of grapes on the vine, plums and peaches in a landscape;a still life of peaches and pears on a silver tazza, together with figs		$19,782–$24,728	Sotheby's
2008·04	a still life with grapes, a carafe of wine and two glasses, together with a bouquet of flowers and an artist's palette		$11,856–$15,809	Sotheby's
2006·11	A sliced pumpkin on a silver plate, 'façon-de-venise' glasses on a second silver plate, grapes, peaches and plums in a glass bowl with more grapes, figs, a pomegranate, roses and a peach on a silver dish, all before a classical urn with flowers	oil on canvas	$76,824–$102,432	Christie's
2006·05	still life of fruit and flowers with a young woman carrying a tray of fruit on her head, a landscape beyond		$15,000–$20,000	Sotheby's
2004·04	a still life of peaches, a pomegranate on a pewter plate, together with various glasses on a table draped with a blue velvet cloth		$5,305–$7,074	Sotheby's
2004·01	Peaches and figs on a pewter platter, a Façon de Venise fluted wine glass and vessel with a Bohemian covered goblet and covered beaker on a gilt platter, all resting on a partially draped stone ledge	oil on canvas	$30,000–$50,000	Christie's
2000·05	Peaches and plums in a wicker basket, peaches on a silver dish and narcissi on stone plinths	With cast signature 'A D. RIVET', on a circular	$80,000–$120,000	Christie's
1999·04	Figs and peaches on a pewter platter, glasses of wine on a gold dish, an ornamental silver-gilt ewer and a knife on a partly draped ledge		$16,083–$24,125	Christie's

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