German/Swiss, 1930–1998
Dieter Roth
269results on record
66%sell-through
$2,797median result (USD, incl. premium; 97% observed, 3% estimated from hammer)
$93,677record in our coverage
Drawn from 269 recorded results (219 sold · 50 passed) across 18 auction houses, 1999–2026. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 97% observed, 3% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| prints | 35 | 100% | $1,995 |
| works on paper | 20 | 60% | $4,436 |
| other | 20 | 100% | $4,751 |
| ceramics & design | 14 | 50% | $1,840 |
| painting | 9 | 0% | $7,125 |
Medium is recorded for 98 of 269 results (36%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Andy Warhol Dieter Roth Andy Warhol
| Metric | Dieter Roth | Andy Warhol |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $2,797 | $32,500 |
| Record price | $93,677 | $195,040,000 |
| Results on record | 269 | 15,103 |
| Years active at auction | 1999–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Andy WarholJoseph BeuysPablo PicassoDamien Hirst
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
65/ 100
- Sell-through66%
- Meets estimate50%
- Market depth269 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | 40 | 75% | $3,398 | 1.08× |
| Christie's | 39 | 91% | $6,733 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 29 | — | $1,530 | — |
| Koller | 22 | — | $990 | — |
| Grisebach | 18 | — | $11,968 | — |
| Phillips | 18 | 83% | $5,670 | — |
| Wright | 19 | 74% | $820 | — |
| Dorotheum | 32 | 41% | $2,539 | — |
| Lempertz | 18 | 56% | $8,696 | — |
| Bonhams | 16 | 56% | $1,446 | 0.58× |
| Rago | 6 | 67% | $1,953 | — |
| Heritage Auctions | 3 | 100% | $388 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 2 | 100% | $1,125 | 0.42× |
| Galerie Bassenge | 2 | — | $461 | — |
| Historia Auktionshaus | 2 | 100% | $488 | 0.72× |
| Kruso Art | 2 | 100% | $31 | 0.18× |
| Lyon & Turnbull | 1 | 100% | $481 | 0.75× |
| Finarte | 3 | 33% | $499 | 0.70× |
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 272 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 50 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2021·08 | Gesammelte Werke, Band 8 | $300–$500 | Wright | |||
| 2021·08 | Gesammelte Werke, Band 4 | $300–$500 | Wright | |||
| 2021·08 | Gesammelte Werke, Band 1 | $300–$500 | Wright | |||
| 2021·08 | Gesammelte Werke, Band 3 | $300–$500 | Wright | |||
| 2021·08 | Gesammelte Werke, Band 7 | $300–$500 | Wright | |||
| 2021·07 | Deutsche Städte (German Cities) | $6,000–$8,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·06 | Mittlerer Sonnenuntergang | $3,569–$4,759 | Lempertz | |||
| 2021·06 | Untitled (Kleine Insel) | $7,139 | Lempertz | |||
| 2021·06 | Untitled | $4,164–$4,759 | Lempertz | |||
| 2021·04 | In Oelper Scheperts (Braunschweiger mit Kasebaumen) | $2,498–$3,053 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·03 | Untitled (Puppet in Chocolate), c. | Painted cast vinyl and chocolate sculpture | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·02 | dagblegt bull – daily-b_l no. 8. of the review “daily bul” | $2,417–$3,625 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | Book CC | $2,452–$3,678 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | Deutsche Städte (German Cities) | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | Containers | $14,531–$18,164 | Lempertz | |||
| 2020·12 | Die Die Die Verdammte Scheisse | $15,742–$18,164 | Lempertz | |||
| 2020·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2020·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2020·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2020·07 | Gesammelte Werke Band 1 / Collected Works Volume 1 - 2 Bilderbucher - Versionen der im Forlag Ed Reykjavik 1957 erschienenen Bucher / 2 Picture Books - Versions of the books published by Forlag Ed Reykjavik 1957Stuttgart - London - Reykiavik, Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1976, 23,5x26,5x4 cm. | $342–$571 | Finarte | |||
| 2020·07 | Scheisse. Vollständige sammlung der scheisse gedichte mit allen illustrationenStuttgart - London - Reykjavik, Edition Hansjörg Mayer - Dieter Rot Gesammelte Werke Band 13, 1972, 17x22,8, brossura cartonata muta, sovracopertina, pp. 472. | $457–$685 | Finarte | |||
| 2020·07 | Bats. 130 zweihändige SchnellzeichnungenBerlin - Binnigen, Rainer Verlag - Roth’s Verlag, 1981, 29x29 cm, brossura con sovracopertina, pp. [142]. | $1,141–$1,370 | Finarte | |||
| 2020·07 | Bok (Forlag ed box), 1959 | $1,699–$1,699 | Ketterer Kunst | |||
| 2020·06 | Untitled (Tischmatten) | $4,484–$6,726 | Lempertz | |||
| 2019·12 | The Self-Portrait Suite | $3,944–$6,573 | Bonhams | |||
| 2019·11 | „Motorradfahrer“. 1969 | Tin toy doused with red acrylic paint, mounted on wooden base | $4,393–$6,589 | Grisebach | ||
| 2019·10 | Untitled (A Huntingscene) | $800–$1,200 | Wright | |||
| 2019·10 | Untitled | $800–$1,200 | Wright | |||
| 2019·09 | Hutring, 1971 | $7,038–$9,049 | Christie's | |||
| 2019·09 | Elmer rising, 1976 | Bleistift, Tinte, Acryl, Klebeband, Papier und Klebstoff auf Karton und Holz | $10,055–$15,082 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·05 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2019·01 | nudle (nudol) (akte [nudel]) | $300–$500 | Wright | |||
| 2018·12 | Landscape | $2,553–$3,829 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·12 | Löwenselbst (Schokoladenlöwe) | $4,544–$6,815 | Lempertz | |||
| 2018·12 | Blaue Käsewolke | $6,815–$9,087 | Lempertz | |||
| 2018·12 | Am Rhein | $4,544–$5,680 | Lempertz | |||
| 2018·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2018·10 | 'Suitcase' (Besuch, Zweiseiter) | $10,392–$15,589 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·10 | P.o.TH.A.A.VFB (Portrait of the artist as Vogelfutterbüste) | $3,897–$5,196 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·07 | Book AC (portfolio of twenty-four works) | $3,000–$5,000 | Wright | |||
| 2018·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2018·06 | Wurzelbehandlung | $4,668 | Lempertz | |||
| 2018·06 | Brot (Hyde Park and Kensington Garden) | $11,669 | Lempertz | |||
| 2018·03 | Six Piccadillies | $14,152–$21,228 | Christie's | |||
| 2018·01 | Surtsey | $2,851–$3,564 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·01 | Bok 3c, ; and Daily Mirror , vols. 6 and 10, from Collected Works | $2,851–$5,702 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·12 | Motorradfahrer. 1969 | Tin toy covered with acrylic paint, mounted on wooden base | $7,131–$9,508 | Grisebach | ||
| 2017·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2017·06 | „Schwarze Rose“. 1969 | Acrylic on black painted fir wood | $2,243–$3,365 | Grisebach | ||
| 2017·06 | „Tisch“. 1968 | Chocolate and aluminium foil over offset on paper, in a cocoa mat | $4,487–$6,730 | Grisebach | ||
| 2017·06 | Untitled | $5,610–$7,853 | Lempertz | |||
| 2017·04 | Taschenzimmer | $373–$622 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·03 | Ütvegsbanki Islands | $623–$872 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·02 | Sans Titre | $846–$1,269 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·12 | Book AC 1958-64. New Haven, CT: Ives-Sillman, 1964. | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2016·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2016·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2016·03 | 6 piccadillies | $8,538–$11,384 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·12 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2015·12 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2015·11 | „P.O.TH.A.A.VFB (Portrait of the artist as Vogelfutterbüste)“. 1968 | Figure cast in chocolate, mixed with bird seed, on a wooden plinth | $15,870–$21,160 | Grisebach | ||
| 2015·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2015·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2015·06 | Gesammelte Werke, Band 1-20. 1977 | Mixed media on C-print, on original cardboard slipcase with 20 books | $3,365–$4,487 | Grisebach | ||
| 2015·05 | Heidelberg | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·05 | A Muse | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Christie's | ||
| 2015·05 | A Feminine Thought | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Christie's | ||
| 2015·05 | Coffee, No 1 | $600–$800 | Christie's | |||
| 2014·12 | Kleinbasel am Rhein, 1969 | $6,191–$8,255 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·11 | „Wurzelbehandlung“. 1971 | Colour silkscreen on sheet metal, printed on both sides | $3,745–$4,993 | Grisebach | ||
| 2014·11 | „Containers“. 1971/73 | 13 colour intaglio prints, partially with collage, 2 colour silkscreens, 14 colour offsets, 3 letter press prints and 1 decalcomania, on various paper types | $11,235–$14,980 | Grisebach | ||
| 2014·11 | „In Oelper scheperts (Braunschweiger Landschaft mit Käsebäumen)“. 1973 | Processed cheese over hand-printed offset in dark brown on cardboard | $4,993–$7,490 | Grisebach | ||
| 2014·09 | Ein Weiblicher Gedanke (A Feminine Thought) | $1,143–$1,633 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·09 | Plate I (Double Sided), from Piccadillies | $800–$1,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·07 | Plate I (Double Sided), from Piccadillies | $900–$1,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·06 | Karnickelköttelkarnickel (Rabbit-Shit-Rabbit) | $8,393–$11,751 | Phillips | |||
| 2014·05 | Adler, 1984-85 | $11,159–$16,739 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·05 | Plate I (Double Sided), from Piccadillies | $1,000–$1,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·02 | Plate I (Double Sided), from Piccadillies | $1,200–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2013·11 | „SURTSEY-Dinner“. 1973/2003 | Original half linen-covered portfolio with 18 unique prints in colour silkscreen and colour collotype, on various paper types | $9,528–$12,250 | Grisebach | ||
| 2013·11 | „Insel“ (Kleiner Schimmelhaufen). 1968 | Kitchen waste, wire, nails, screws, plaster, acrylic and oil paint on chipboard, in plexiglass box | $20,416–$27,222 | Grisebach | ||
| 2013·11 | „Containers“. 1971/73 | Original cardboard box with cardboard portfolio with 33 prints in various media on various paper types | $13,611–$20,416 | Grisebach | ||
| 2013·10 | Plates #1-#3, from 6 Piccadillies portfolio | $8,000–$12,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·10 | Am Meer (By the Sea) | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·10 | Plate I (Double Sided), from Piccadillies | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2013·09 | Selbstbildnis als Pariser (Selfportrait as Parisian) | $3,191–$4,787 | Christie's | |||
| 2013·09 | Surtsey | collotype print laid down on cardboard, in eighteen parts | $4,787–$7,979 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·04 | Grosser Sonnenuntergang (Big Sunset) | $7,000–$10,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·04 | Dusseldorf; München (Munich); and München (Munich) | $6,000–$9,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·04 | Book AC (portfolio of twenty-four works) | $2,000–$3,000 | Wright | |||
| 2013·04 | Lebenslauf, 1970 | Multiple | $1,574–$1,574 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2013·04 | Kleiner Sonnenuntergang, 1968 | Multiple | $3,279–$3,279 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2013·04 | Taschenzimmer, 1968 | Multiple | $1,049–$1,049 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2012·11 | „Motorradfahrer“. Um 1967 | ocolate on plaster, mounted on masonite in plexiglass box | $10,389–$12,986 | Grisebach | ||
| 2012·11 | „Überm Meer“. 1969 | Wood and yoghurt on plaster slabs | $23,375–$31,166 | Grisebach | ||
| 2012·11 | „Entenjagd“. 1971/72 | Chocolate toy figures (knights, ducks, geese and chickens), in lockable wooden box | $11,687–$15,583 | Grisebach | ||
| 2012·11 | „Flache Dichterbüste“. 1969 | late relief in glassine in original cardboard box with line etching on the cover | $3,896–$5,194 | Grisebach | ||
| 2012·10 | Schimmelbild (Mould Picture) | $6,433–$9,649 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·09 | Ohne Titel, 1978 | $10,679–$16,018 | Christie's | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.