Belgian, 1924–1976
Marcel Broodthaers
274results on record
69%sell-through
$12,593median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$497,705record in our coverage
Drawn from 274 recorded results (232 sold · 42 passed) across 14 auction houses, 1999–2026. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% 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 | 53 | 100% | $9,825 |
| other | 19 | 67% | $4,064 |
| works on paper | 18 | 75% | $14,526 |
| painting | 12 | 100% | $64,464 |
| photography | 10 | 50% | $21,320 |
| ceramics & design | 5 | 67% | $27,766 |
Medium is recorded for 117 of 274 results (43%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Andy Warhol Marcel Broodthaers Andy Warhol
| Metric | Marcel Broodthaers | Andy Warhol |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $12,593 | $32,500 |
| Record price | $497,705 | $195,040,000 |
| Results on record | 274 | 15,103 |
| Years active at auction | 1999–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Andy WarholGerhard RichterDamien HirstSol Lewitt
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
77/ 100
- Sell-through69%
- Meets estimate79%
- Market depth274 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | 99 | 100% | $13,869 | — |
| Sotheby's | 73 | 76% | $25,043 | 1.04× |
| Phillips | 64 | 67% | $10,168 | — |
| Bonhams | 12 | 58% | $8,550 | 1.03× |
| Lempertz | 13 | 46% | $13,092 | — |
| Rago | 5 | 100% | $2,904 | — |
| Grisebach | 3 | — | $8,582 | — |
| Lyon & Turnbull | 1 | — | $3,970 | 1.49× |
| SBI Art Auction | 1 | 100% | $898 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 1 | — | $3,263 | — |
| Historia Auktionshaus | 1 | 100% | $621 | — |
| VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG | 1 | 100% | $16,606 | 3.00× |
| WETTMANN Kunstauktionen | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Finarte | 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 276 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 42 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2015·07 | La Clef de l'Horloge (Un poème cinématographique a l’honneur de Kurt Schwitters) (The Key of the Clock (A Cinematic Poem in Honour of Kurt Schwitters)) | $12,524–$18,786 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·07 | Oeufs (Eggs) | $62,619–$93,928 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·07 | Pot-Lèvres (Jar-Lips) | glass jar and magazine collage and cotton | $15,655–$23,482 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·07 | Co-Coq | chicken wire, straw and mixed media | $23,482–$31,310 | Unsold listing | Christie's | |
| 2015·07 | Le rouge et le bleu (The Red and the Blue) | glass jar with printed paper label, in two parts | $18,786–$28,179 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·06 | „Citron-Citroen“. 1974 | Colour offset and silkscreen on paper | $5,609–$7,853 | Grisebach | ||
| 2015·05 | Le Drapeau Noir (The Black Flag) | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2015·04 | Modèle: La Virgule | enamel on a vacuum-formed plastic relief | $21,158–$31,737 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·04 | Modèle: La Virgule | enamel on a vacuum-formed plastic relief | $21,158–$31,737 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·11 | „Rébus“. 1973 | Colour silkscreen on high-gloss paper | $4,993–$7,490 | Grisebach | ||
| 2014·11 | Le temps des cerises | felt-tip pen and pencil on paper, in five parts | $24,960–$31,200 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·11 | Musée d'Art Moderne, Section XIXe Siècle, Département des Aigles | $24,960–$37,440 | Christie's | |||
| 2014·11 | Citron-Citroen, réclame pour la Mer du Nord (Jamar 18) | $3,744–$6,240 | Christie's | |||
| 2014·06 | Petite tour avec 31 yeux à 4 étages | papier sérigraphié, bocaux en plastique, plexiglass, boulons et écroux en acier | $162,804–$244,206 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·06 | Pop no | photographie couleur, acrylique et pot en verre | $40,701–$67,835 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·03 | untitled (9 pots avec visages) | $80,000–$120,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·02 | Le Drapeau Noir (The Black Flag) | $19,976–$29,963 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·12 | A Voyage on the North Sea | $9,843–$14,764 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·11 | Sixteen Photographic Portraits and one Self Portrait, 1957-1967, 1974 | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2013·06 | Autour de la Signature (Poeme-Poeme) | $61,104–$91,656 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·06 | Abbildung | $307,097–$460,646 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·04 | Gedicht/Poem/Poème - Change/Exchange/Wechsel | screenprint on paper, in two parts | $3,049–$4,573 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·04 | Aigles | ballpoint pen on paper | $4,573–$6,097 | Christie's | ||
| 2012·09 | Chère petite Soeur | $2,428–$3,238 | Christie's | |||
| 2012·09 | Citron-Citroen, réclame pour la Mer du Nord | $2,428–$3,238 | Christie's | |||
| 2012·06 | musée d'art moderne, dt des aigles, s. litteraire fig. 1et 2 | $31,199–$46,798 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·05 | Un voyage en mer du Nord, 1973 | $7,706–$10,274 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·03 | modèle: la virgule | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·03 | Theorie des Figures (Theory of Figures) | $30,000–$40,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2011·09 | Le Drapeau Noir (The Black Flag) | $23,684–$31,579 | Christie's | |||
| 2010·09 | Porte Capital A | $30,000–$40,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2010·02 | Le Sous-Sol | $31,266–$46,899 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2010·02 | Allegro Moderato | $31,266–$46,899 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2009·12 | Amsterdam, Berlin, Nanterre, Venise, Paris, Milan, Brussels | $7,387–$10,342 | Christie's | |||
| 2009·12 | Rébus | impression lithographique sur papier | $5,910–$8,864 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·11 | Moule de moules de forme conique | $60,000–$80,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2008·12 | Untitled (Palette) | $25,330–$37,995 | Unsold listing | Christie's | ||
| 2008·05 | Allegro Moderato | $38,821–$58,231 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2008·05 | Le Sous-Sol | $38,821–$58,231 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·06 | Le Corbeau et le Renard | $29,955–$39,941 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·06 | modèle didactique (monsieur x) | $5,946–$9,910 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·05 | Tractatus Logico-catalogicus | $1,345–$2,018 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·05 | gedicht, poem, poeme;change, exchange, wechsel | $8,094–$10,792 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·05 | La pipe | $4,047–$5,396 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·05 | Museum, museum | $8,094–$10,792 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·05 | Les animaux de la ferme | $8,094–$10,792 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·02 | trade-mark i-iv | $78,353–$117,530 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·02 | horror! | $2,958–$3,944 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·10 | La souris écrit rat | $1,891–$2,837 | Christie's | |||
| 2006·07 | Tractatus Logico-catalogicus | $1,910–$2,547 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2006·05 | Moi aussi, je me suis demandé si je ne pouvais pas vendre quelque chose... (I, too, wondered whether I could not sell something...) | $3,806–$6,344 | Christie's | |||
| 2006·05 | Les Animaux de la ferme (The Farm Animals) | offset lithograph on paper, in two parts | $3,806–$6,344 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·10 | Horror (book Design) | $2,664–$3,552 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·10 | laurel and hardy fig. i | $355–$533 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·10 | Tractatus Logico-catalogicus | $1,206–$1,809 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·10 | Décor | $12,061–$18,092 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·06 | Citron - Citroën (Reclame pour la Mer du Nord) (Jamar 18) | $2,169–$3,253 | Christie's | |||
| 2005·06 | Animaux de la Ferme I & II (J. 21) | $2,711–$4,519 | Christie's | |||
| 2005·04 | La Soupe de Daguerre | twelve chromogenic prints | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2005·03 | La souris écrit rat | $1,318–$1,976 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·03 | Six lettres ouvertes Avis (Sechs offene Briefe Bekanntmachung), 1972 | $1,593–$1,593 | Ketterer Kunst | |||
| 2004·12 | la pipe | $3,988–$5,318 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2003·10 | Pot, Moule, Coeur | $23,556–$30,287 | Christie's | |||
| 2003·10 | Le Corbeau et le Renard | $20,045–$25,057 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2003·06 | Une vipère, un vampire, une vitre | $24,807–$33,076 | Christie's | |||
| 2003·06 | Paquet de lettres | $8,269–$11,577 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·12 | Tractatus catalogico-logicus (Jamar 6) | $997–$1,196 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·12 | Avis | $399–$598 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·03 | Porte A | $2,140–$2,853 | Christie's | |||
| 2002·02 | Série anglaise (Ensemble en forme de neuf toiles) | $42,270–$56,360 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·06 | Porte A | $5,641–$8,462 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·06 | Le minimal c'est loin..., 1969 | $560–$840 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·06 | Ohne Titel (Ecole, attention) | $560–$840 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·11 | Amsterdam, Berlin, Nanterre, Venise, Paris, Milan, Bruxelles | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·12 | Signature de l'artiste | $81,316–$113,842 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·12 | Chre petite soeur (Jamar 10) | silkscreen on paper | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | ||
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