American, 1931–2025
Mort Künstler
448results on record
93%sell-through
$2,125median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$125,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 448 recorded results (419 sold · 29 passed) across 6 auction houses, 2004–2026. 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?
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| works on paper | 253 | 95% | $1,875 |
| painting | 107 | 87% | $3,750 |
| other | 28 | 100% | $1,673 |
| prints | 5 | 60% | $65 |
Medium is recorded for 393 of 448 results (88%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Leroy Neiman Mort Künstler Leroy Neiman
| Metric | Mort Künstler | Leroy Neiman |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $2,125 | $1,844 |
| Record price | $125,000 | $430,000 |
| Results on record | 448 | 909 |
| Years active at auction | 2004–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Leroy NeimanNorman RockwellDean CornwellJoseph Christian Leyendecker
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
83/ 100
- Sell-through93%
- Meets estimate60%
- Market depth448 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Auctions | 427 | 94% | $2,000 | — |
| Sotheby's | 10 | 100% | $10,938 | 0.80× |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 6 | 83% | $4,062 | 0.83× |
| Christie's | 2 | 100% | $26,430 | — |
| Bonhams | 1 | 100% | $4,480 | 0.70× |
| Cutler Bay Auctions | 2 | 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 A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal.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 448 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 29 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·05 | Yield to the Amazon Women, Stag magazine cover, April | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·05 | Battle of Midway, Stag magazine cover, July | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·04 | The Review at Moss Neck, Jackson & Lee: Legends in Gray book cover | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·04 | The Final Visit, Jackson & Lee: Legends in Gray book interior | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·01 | Sheridan's Men | oil on board | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·01 | Jet Pilot Who Survived Peru's No-Return Jungle, For Men Only magazine cover, October | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·11 | The Cannibal Harem of Charlie Savage, Man's World pulp magazine interior, August | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·11 | G.I. Ambush scene, Men's magazine interior | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·11 | How Your Boss Spies On You, For Men Only pulp magazine cover, July | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·11 | Blow Up the Nazi's 'Super Weapon' Mountain, Stag magazine interior, April | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·07 | Amber's Mirage paperback cover | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·07 | Souix Madonna | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·07 | Boundary Line, The Trespassers paperback cover | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·05 | Hindenburg movie poster comprehensive/concept art | Gouache and oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·05 | Merry Christmas, General Lee! study | Mixed media on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·05 | "...War is so Terrible" study | Mixed media on paper laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·05 | Commanders of Manassas study | Mixed media on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·03 | Yank Trio's Savage Amazon Trek, Stag magazine cover, June | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·12 | Roger's Rangers on the Lake | Pencil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·12 | Revolutionary War Scene, Caught by the Enemy | Pencil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·12 | The GI Who Exposed East Germany's "Brainwash Love Clubs", Stag magazine interior, March | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·12 | Civil War Figure | Charcoal on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·12 | Revolutionary War Solider Standoff | Pencil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·11 | Thunder in the Valley | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·11 | While the Enemy Rests | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·08 | The Homestead Steel Strike True Magazine interior, March | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·08 | Boxing Ring | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·08 | Madame Penal, Male magazine cover, June | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·08 | I Ran Hitler's Toughest P.O.W. Camp, Stag magazine cover, July | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·08 | Penal Mistress of Bass Strait, Men magazine interior | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·08 | The Exploiters, For Men Only magazine cover, February | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·06 | American | $1,000–$1,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | |||
| 2024·04 | Girl who Rocked the Boat, Men magazine interior | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | Killer Python that Terrorized the Adirondacks, Stag magazine interior, August | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | Geisha Girl Barracks on Lt. Gant's "Death Run" Submarine, Stag magazine interior, December | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | Please God, Help Me Break Out, Male magazine interior | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·02 | American | $1,000–$1,500 | Cutler Bay Auctions | |||
| 2023·11 | The Overshot Stacker | Oil o canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | Harvesting Wheat | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·11 | Wild Asp Cabin 22 x 30 in. framed 30 x 39 in. | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·10 | Night of the Grizzlies, For Men Only magazine cover, March | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | U.S. Commando Who Led an 1800-Mile Escape Across Asia, Male magazine cover, August | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Showdown, Hunting Adventures magazine interior illustration | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | The Day They Robbed the Washington Mint, Stag magazine cover, December 30 | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Crippen and Young | Oil on Masonite | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Attack of the Giant Ray, Male interior illustration, October | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·10 | Scared Scatback | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | Water Break | oil on canvas | $1,500–$2,500 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·05 | Crossing the River , 1988 | oil on canvas | $4,000–$6,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·05 | First Christmas , 1988 | oil on canvas | $3,000–$5,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·05 | Water Wagon , 1990 | oil on canvas | $2,000–$4,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·05 | Bailing Hay , 1990 | oil on canvas | $3,000–$5,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2023·04 | Diamonds, Gold, and Women, Stag magazine cover, June | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Hey, RUBE!, Male magazine interior illustration | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Brothers of Vengeance, paperback cover studies | Watercolor and pencil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Find and Destroy the Nazis' Secret Wolf-Pack Base, Stag cover, September | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·04 | Pvt. Nick Kochek: The Zany Pole Who Became America's Deadliest Commando, Male magazine cover, February | Gouache, watercolor, and ink on paper laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·01 | Prairie Scene study | Charcoal on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·11 | Shootout at Sentinel Peak, paperback cover | Oil on Masonite | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Lonely Night study | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Fight for the Pass, probable magazine cover | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | The First American Steam Locomotive study | Watercolor and pencil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Capture of Fort Motte study | Charcoal on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Capture of Fort Motte study | Watercolor and pencil on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Locomotive and Cars study | Watercolor and pencil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Prairie Scene study | Charcoal on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Gunslinger on Main Street | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | "The Bull" Toughest Marine In the Whole Damned Corps, Stag magazine cover, February | Watercolor on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Bazooka!, Stag Magazine cover, February | Watercolor on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Crashing Roughhouse Raiders, Stag magazine cover, October | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | The Waiting War, 982 | Gouache on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | No Job too Tough | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | My God! We're Dropping into Lake Erie, Stag magazine interior illustration, May | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Yank (Texas) Marauder Who Fought the Vice Girls of Manila Bay, Male magazine cover, February | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Enemy Alliance, Stag magazine interior illustration, April | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·10 | Copperhead Moon, book cover, 1952 and | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·09 | Lonely Night | Offset lithograph in colors on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·09 | Capture of Fort Motte | offset lithograph in colors on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Night Bear Attack, Sports Afield magazine interior illustration | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Attack of the Giant Ray, Male interior illustration, October | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Lightning Raid on Santo Tomas Compound, Male magazine cover, January | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2022·04 | Stubborn Yank Who Hid Out with a Million Dollar War Souvenir, Male interior illustration, January | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | Shootout at Sentinel Peak, paperback cover | Oil on Masonite | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·11 | Caught Red Handed , 1973 | oil on board | $4,000–$6,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2021·10 | Take Her Down, Stag Magazine interior illustration, December | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | China's Mystery Girl and the 11 Air Force Hostages, For Men Only interior illustration, September | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | They Raced to Freedom, Male magazine interior illustration | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Saga of Mad Mike, Male Magazine, January | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·10 | Monster in a Pit, American Weekly interior illustration, circa May | Gouache on paper laid on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·05 | War is so Terrible | Oil on canvas | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·05 | Night Crossing | Mixed media on paper laid board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | WWII's Boldest Escape: Yank Who Broke Out of Hitler's "Iron Casino", Male cover, March | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2021·04 | The Amazon's Forbidden Stone Age World, Male Annual #7 cover | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2021·04 | Code Drop for a U.S. Counterspy: Nude Decoy on the Kremlin's Ship of Assassins, Male interior illustration, February | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2021·04 | The Rape of the Kazakhs, Stag story illustration | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | I'm Bringing in the Red Butcher of the Mekong, Male cover, July | — | Heritage Auctions | |||
| 2021·01 | Lamar Valley, Yellowstone | $2,000–$3,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | Fighting for the Affair paperback cover | Oil on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | Terror Alley, Stag magazine interior illustration, September | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | Cannibal Harem of Charlie Savage, Man's World interior illustration, August | Gouache on board | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $39, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.