Hans Thoma's Auction Record Jumps 30%
3 min read · 23 Sep 2026
View into the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Image courtesy of Koller Auktionen
Hans Thoma, View into the Lauterbrunnen Valley (1904) sold for $287,700 (CHF237,500), more than three and a half times the low estimate at Koller Auktionen in Zurich on September 18. The Oil on canvas work has been traded 6 times in the past.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $67,300, a 30% rise.
Blick auf Mamolsheim (1990). Sold for $220,300 in 2010. Image courtesy of Christie's
The previous record was set by Blick auf Mamolsheim (1990), which sold for $220,300 at Christie's on December 08, 2010. The work had not been traded before.
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 18, 2026 | View into the Lauterbrunnen Valley | $287,700 | 31 % | Koller Auktionen | Zurich |
December 08, 2010 | Blick auf Mamolsheim | $220,300 | 63 % | Christie's | London |
October 24, 2006 | Rhenish landscape with a horseman | $135,500 | 26 % | Christie's | Amsterdam |
November 25, 1991 | Lauterbrunner Tal | $107,400 | 6 % | Ketterer Kunst | Munich |
December 12, 1990 | Allegory of springtime | $101,500 | 1 % | Sotheby's | Munich |
May 31, 1990 | The spring | $100,100 | 15 % | Sotheby's | Munich |
May 27, 1982 | Children dancing | $87,200 | 73 % | Germann Auktionen | Zurich |
October 24, 1979 | Landscape | $50,300 | 84 % | Germann Auktionen | Zurich |
November 30, 1977 | Bie quelle | $27,300 | 1 % | Sotheby's | London |
November 23, 1977 | Valley in the Black Forest | $26,900 | - | Kunsthaus Lempertz | Cologne |
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