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American, 1931–2025

Mort Künstler

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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

$14K$27K$40K2006: $478 median, 1 sold2008: $2.2K median, 61 sold2009: $1.9K median, 7 sold2010: $1.8K median, 66 sold2011: $3.2K median, 2 sold2012: $2.1K median, 5 sold2013: $3.2K median, 9 sold2014: $3.0K median, 16 sold2015: $5.1K median, 16 sold2016: $2.1K median, 34 sold2017: $1.6K median, 45 sold2018: $3.1K median, 6 sold2019: $1.5K median, 43 sold2020: $4.0K median, 17 sold2021: $4.4K median, 14 sold2022: $1.5K median, 21 sold2023: $2.2K median, 20 sold2024: $3.2K median, 17 sold2025: $2.5K median, 11 sold2026: $10K median, 6 sold20062011201620212026

Where does a value land in this market?

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$2.1K$65$125K

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

MediumResultsSell-throughMedian 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

$12K$24K$35K1998: $1.9K median2004: $1.5K median2005: $23K median2006: $2.8K median2007: $1.9K median2008: $3.9K median2009: $1.8K median2010: $11K median2011: $16K median2012: $41K median2013: $22K median2014: $44K median2015: $41K median2016: $32K median2017: $6.1K median2018: $7.5K median2019: $5.0K median2020: $938 median2021: $1.8K median2022: $1.5K median2023: $1.1K median2024: $1.2K median2025: $1.9K median2026: $1.6K median2006: $478 median2008: $2.2K median2009: $1.9K median2010: $1.8K median2011: $3.2K median2012: $2.1K median2013: $3.2K median2014: $3.0K median2015: $5.1K median2016: $2.1K median2017: $1.6K median2018: $3.1K median2019: $1.5K median2020: $4.0K median2021: $4.4K median2022: $1.5K median2023: $2.2K median2024: $3.2K median2025: $2.5K median2026: $10K median19982005201220192026
MetricMort KünstlerLeroy Neiman
Median result$2,125$1,844
Record price $125,000 $430,000
Results on record448909
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

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. 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

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
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2020·10 Sammy Rafinesque: The Man Who Touches Off Philadelphia's Great Bosom Riot, Male interior illustration, September Acrylic on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·10 Attacking the Stockade, Men's Adventure magazine interior illustration Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·10 Molotov Cocktail, Men's Pictorial Magazine cover, June Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·10 Wolf Pack Attack Standing Bear, Male magazine interior illustration, January Mixed media on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·10 Swamp Girl, Male magazine cover, May Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·10 Cannibal Harem of Charlie Savage, Man's World interior illustration, August Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·10 Terror Alley, Stag magazine interior illustration, September Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·10 Fighting for the Affair paperback cover Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·10 The Real Menace, Red Subs in our Waters, Men's Adventure magazine interior illustration Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·10 Epic 100 Day Survival of Sergent McHorton, Stag Magazine interior illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·07 The Spy in the Red Kimono, For Men Only cover, April Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2020·07 Boundary Line Oil on canvas — Heritage Auctions
2020·03 Early Snow Lithograph in colors on paper — Heritage Auctions
2020·01 Green Corn Ceremony of the Creek, 1500s Oil on canvas — Heritage Auctions
2019·11 When You Can't Hide Your Tracks Oil on canvas — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Warehouse Girl, Stag magazine interior illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Sargent Brewer's Battered Bastards of Burma, Stag interior illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Molotov Cocktail, Mens Pictorial Magazine cover, June Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 The Platoon Commander, probable magazine interior illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Top of the World, Sports Afield magazine interior illustration, April Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Man - Overboard - Survival Miracle, Stag magazine interior illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 The Bear that Killed Ken Scott, Sports Afield Magazine interior illustration, January Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Rhinoceros Last Safari, Stag magazine interior illustration, June Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Military paperback cover Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Grizzly Attack, Male magazine interior illustration, May Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Cougar Saved My Life, Stag magazine interior illustration, February Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 A Mountain Lion Saved Me from a Bear, Stag magazine interior illustration, March Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Big Tom, True Hunting annual interior illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 The Marines, probable magazine interior illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Guns at Masablaun, Stag magazine interior illustration, November Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 In Battle, Stag magazine interior illustration, August Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Hunted, Sports Afield Magazine interior illustration, June Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Green Corn Ceremony of the Creek, 1500s Oil on canvas — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Midewiwin Ceremony study Charcoal on paper — Heritage Auctions
2019·09 Early Snow Lithograph in colors on paper — Heritage Auctions
2019·08 Midewiwin Ceremony of the Ojibway Chippewa study Pencil on paper — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Life Boat Disaster, Stag Magazine cover Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Bad New for Sergeant, American Weekly Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Midewiwin Ceremony study Charcoal on paper — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 South Sea Harem, Male Magazine Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Epic 100 Day Survival of Sergent McHorton, Stag Magazine interior illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Day Island Blowout, Canoe Run Down by Boat, True Action Magazine Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Normandy Storm (D-Day Storm), 1 Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Desertion Under Fire, GI and South Vietnamese, Stag Magazine interior illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Bazooka, Stag Magazine cover, February Goauche on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Green Berets, For Men Only Magazine Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Breakout Escape, Stag Magazine cover Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 James Bond, Men's Adventure Magazine Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Rescue by Natives on the South Sea, Stag Magazine Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Wounded Return to the Natives, Stag Magazaine Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Frank Sperroe's Survival Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·06 Emmet Kaye, Spears on the South Seas, True Action Magazine Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·05 Green Corn Ceremony of the Creek, 1500s Oil on canvas — Heritage Auctions
2019·05 Midewiwin Ceremony of the Ojibway Chippewa Oil on canvas — Heritage Auctions
2019·04 War on Terrorism: Catching the Plane, Newsweek magazine cover, October 31 Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·04 Early Snow Pencil on paper — Heritage Auctions
2019·04 God Savage of Fijis, Men Magazine interior illustration, March Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·04 Burden of Command paperback cover Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·04 Hilter's U-Boat Treasure, Male Magazine interior illustration, April Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·04 Navy Cross Hero's Flying Booby-Trap that Helped Save Guadalcanal, Stag Magazine interior illustration, September Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·04 The Three Couple Affair, Stag magazine interior illustration, May Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2019·04 King Rat, Male Magazine interior illustration, January Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2018·10 The B.B. Washington Under Attack, paperback cover Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2018·10 Hitler's No. 1 Sex Castle, Stag Annual interior illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2018·10 The Spy Ring of French Penal Girls, Men interior story illustration, May Gouache and tempera on board — Heritage Auctions
2018·05 Prairie Madonna Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2018·05 The Fight of Fallen Timbers: Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest and Captain John Hunt Morgan at the Battle of Shiloh, April 8, 1862 Oil on canvas — Heritage Auctions
2018·04 General Max Taylor, Male magazine cover, December Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·12 Kansan Lithograph in colors on paper — Heritage Auctions
2017·11 A Fleeting Moment: Stonewall and Mary Anna Jackson, Winchester, VA, Feb. 1, 1862 Oil on canvas — Heritage Auctions
2017·11 Clara Barton with Walt Whitman at Chatham Oil on canvas — Heritage Auctions
2017·11 Amber's Mirage paperback cover Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·10 Machine Gun Molly, Stag interior illustration, January Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·10 Last American on Guam, Male magazine cover, July Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·10 Absolution Before Victory $15,000–$25,000 Sotheby's
2017·05 Six Men and Women Buried Alive for Four Years, Stag magazine interior illustration, February Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 The Air Force Colonel Who Robbed a Bank, Stag magazine cover, July Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Siberian Temptress, probable magazine cover Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Breakout, Male magazine interior illustration, November Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Lt. Gowen's Sea of Fire Raid to Sink a Jap Fleet, For Men Only magazine cover, March Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Love Swap Aleuts, Stag magazine interior illustration, February Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Hill 400: 31 Hour Hell of JayJay Carroll's Co K. Marines, Stag magazine cover Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 The House of Exotic Hostesses, Stag magazine cover, February Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Bomb the Krauts, US GI's are Gone, Male magazine cover, July Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Contraband Blonde, Stag magazine cover, April Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Scotty Young's Sensational Escape from a Soviet Torture Compound, For Men Only magazine cover, July Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Three Yank Sailors Jailed in Angola, Stag magazine interior illustration, August Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Last Girl in Hotel Saigon, Male magazine interior illustration, October Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Bedroom Blues, Stag magazine interior illustration, October Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Shark Attack, Male magazine interior illustration, April Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 The Real Menace: Red Subs in Our Waters, American Weekly interior illustration, January 5 Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Night of the Grizzlies, For Men Only magazine, March Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Saigon Nymph Who Led the Green Berets to Cong's Terror Headquarters, Male magazine cover, August Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Renegade Sea Nymph and her Crew of Strange Castaways, True Action magazine cover, February Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 The Desperate Girl Invasion at the Legion's Last Outpost, Stag magazine interior illustration, April Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Destroy the Three Bridges of Ben Hai, Male magazine interior illustration, September Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Pilot to Control Tower, I'm Hijacking My Own Plane, Stag magazine cover, December Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 The Yank Marauder and his Strange Jap-Killing Death Buggy, Male magazine interior illustration, April Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 Two Hunters, One Woman, Saga Magazine interior illustration, August Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2017·05 The Captured and the Captivated, Men's magazine interior illustration, October Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions

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