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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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2012·04 keep to your sabers, men! (generals custer and hampton, gettysburg, pennsylvania, july 3, 1863) $30,000–$50,000 Sotheby's
2012·03 Blood on the Rio Grande, Argosy magazine story illustration Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2012·03 The GI Who Exposed East Germany's Brainwash Love Clubs, story illustration, Stag interior story illustration, March Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2012·03 Yank Trio's Savage Amazon Trek, Stag cover, June Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2012·03 The Spy Ring of French Penal Girls, Men interior story illustration, May Gouache and tempera on board — Heritage Auctions
2011·09 The Game $5,000–$7,000 Sotheby's
2011·05 Private Harrison Hunt, 119th Regiment N.Y.S.V. Oil on canvas — Heritage Auctions
2010·09 Morning Mist $8,000–$12,000 Sotheby's
2010·09 lamar valley, yellowstone $12,000–$18,000 Sotheby's
2010·09 three generations (changing the wagon) $8,000–$12,000 Sotheby's
2010·05 The Right to Freedom of Movement Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Right to Justice Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Captured by the Chief, Stag cover, February Gouache on board<... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Payment on delivery, Saga illustration, c. Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Bad Boy, paperback cover Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Sportsman cover, July Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Hungarian Resistance Fighter, Adventure cover, April Gouache... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Frogman Had Fangs, Men's Pictorial cover, December Gouach... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Grizzly Trap, Men's Pictorial cover, June Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Attacking Jaguar in Cave, Men's Pictorial cover, August Mixed... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Menace in the Night, Sports Afield illustration, c. Gouache o... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Casablanca's Impatient Women, Men illustration, c. Gouache on... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Thaw-out Maidens, Male illustration, pages 24-25, December Go... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Blowing the Safe, Stag illustration, July c. Gouache on board... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Rig for Surface Battle, Stag cover, July Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Reckless Commando Raid, Male cover, c. Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Marine Who Lived in a Tree, For Men Only cover, March Gou... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Hunter becomes the Hunted, Sports Afield illustration, c. — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Hunt for Comrade Coudert, For Men Only cover, April Goua... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Madame Penal, Male cover, June Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Frauleins of Relaxation House, Male illustration, pages 12-13, Ju... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Operation Vengeance, Men cover, November Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Rajah of Sarawak, Male illustration, February Gouache on boar... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Breakout from Tokyo, No. 3, For Men Only Book Bonus illustration, c.... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 French Foreign Legion, Stag illustration, November c. Gouache... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Amos Acey, Male illustration October c. 1960 — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Seven Maverick Yanks Who Set Up Our Aleutian Invasion, Male illustration <... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Prisoner, Stag cover, June Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Execution of Convoy PQ17, For Men Only cover, May Gouache on... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Find and Kidnap the Promiscuous Vice Queen, Stag Illustration, Januar... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Last Yank on Singapore and his Footloose Ladies, Male cover, Octo... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Last Yank on Singapore and his Footloose Ladies, Male illustration — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Marine Who Hid the Pacific's 12 Most Wanted Women, Men Only cover... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 General Mark Clark's Manhunt for Europe's G. I. Vice Lord, Stag illustration<... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 1,000 to 1 Shot of Guy Gibson's Dam Busters, </... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The $1,000,000 Treasure Hunt, Stag Book Bonus illustration, c. — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Sweet Lips Cove, Male illustration, November c. Gouache on bo... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 U.S. Navy's Human Torpedo Strike, For Men Only cover, December — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Blonde on the Rocks, Men cover, August Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Treasures of the Sea, book cover, c. Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Hit and Run Rocket Raid, cover illustration, c. Go... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Cougar's Revenge, Male magazine illustration, December c. Gou... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold illustration, c. Gouache on... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Putting on Nylons, Men cover Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Miss Floating Love, For Men Only illustration, November c. Go... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Yank Skipper Who Led Sumatra's Riverboat Oil Pirates, For Men Only cover <... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Ambush Behind the Rocks, Stag cover, August Gouache on board<... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Firefight with German Paratroopers, For Men Only cover, December 1961... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 High Stakes Poker, cover illustration, c. Gouache... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Fight for the Mine Shaft, Male cover, January Gouache on boar... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Shoot Out, men's adventure magazine cover illustr... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Mid-Atlantic: Million-to-One Rescue, Stag magazine cover, December 19... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Savage Raiders, For Men Only cover, November Gouache on b... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Redhead Swinger, Stag Book Bonus illustration, February Gouac... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Exploiters, For Men Only cover, February Gouache on board... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 From Under Cong Guns, Stag cover, June 19... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Nine to Go, men's adventure magazine cover, c. Gouache on boa... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Broken Rafts, Action for Men illustration... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Fighting on the water, Male cover, March Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 The Sex an Rest Castle, Male illustration, January Gouache on... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Trapped in Submarine Freezer, For Men... — Heritage Auctions
2010·05 Rescue at Iglesia Roja, Male cover, September Gouache on boar... — Heritage Auctions
2010·02 Hitler's No. 1 Sex Castle, Stag Annual # 12, story... — Heritage Auctions
2010·02 The Kid from Rattlesnake Bar Oil on paper — Heritage Auctions
2009·10 Stop California's 'Iron Shark' Heist Commandos, Front Cover for Men's Only</... — Heritage Auctions
2009·10 Sergeant Gregory's Escape from Red Chinese Captivity, Stag Cover, Oct... — Heritage Auctions
2009·07 The Ropes to Freedom, men's magazine cover, c. Gou... — Heritage Auctions
2009·07 Trapped by Santo Domingo's Kill and Loot Rebels, For Men Only cove... — Heritage Auctions
2009·07 Men in Combat cover Oil on board — Heritage Auctions
2009·07 Lucky Laycock's Raid That Won Salerno, Male cover, March Gou... — Heritage Auctions
2009·07 Indian Boarding Party, For Men Only cover, October Gouache o... — Heritage Auctions
2009·07 The Line Up, Lion Library paperback cover Mixed-media... — Heritage Auctions
2009·03 Disco Dilemma, For Men Only cover painting, January Gouache on... — Heritage Auctions
2009·03 I Fought the Sea Killer, Adventure cover, August Gouache on bo... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 Come On In, Male story illustration Gouache on board — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 The Lufftwaffe Liar, Men story illustration, March Gouache on... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 The Bed Sheet Escape, Male or Stag cover Gouache on boa... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 The Stubborn Leatherneck Who Took China Wall, Men cover, March — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 The White Rajah of Sarawak, Male cover, February Gouache on b... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 Robbing the Government Mint, Stag cover, August Gouache on bo... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 Strange Suicide Crate, Male cover, September Gouache on board... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 A New Look at America's Mystery Giant, True story illustration, circa... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 Yank Who Stole a Strange Nazi Suicide Missile, Male story illustration, </... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 The Ace, Yankee Hero of Squadron 60, Men story illustration, February,... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 Tokyo Sally and the Great Japanese Manhunt, Male cover, July ... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 "Silence Is Golden" Male or Stag story illustration Gou... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 The Marines Who Manned a Geisha Prison Boat, For Men Only cover, June,... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 The Yank Who Fouled Up Rommel's Desert Assault, Stag story illustration — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 Never Fly With Elephants, Argosy story illustration, October O... — Heritage Auctions
2008·10 Attack On the Red Army's Female Barracks, For Men Only cover, October,... — Heritage Auctions

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