# Fernando Best Pontones - Auction Profile

Canonical: https://appraisily.com/artist/fernando-best-pontones/
Snapshot URL: https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/fernando-best-pontones/llm.md
Updated: 2026-04-29T01:38:15.252Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 16
- Lots with prices: 12
- First auction date: 2008-04-24
- Latest auction date: 2022-11-19
- Median realised price: $18,000
- Price range: $275 to $55,000

## Market Takeaway
Fernando Best Pontones has 16 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $18,000. Category concentration is still broad. Recent 12-month volume is still light. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($18,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($6,500 to $20,000\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 16.7% (2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 16.7% (2 sales)
- $10,000\+: 66.7% (8 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 0
- Previous 12 months sales: 0
- Recent 12 months median: $0
- Previous 12 months median: $0
- Median shift: N/A
- Latest sale date: 2022-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 1,256
- Market velocity: inactive

## Top Auction Houses
- Morton Subastas: 14 lots
- Austin Auction Gallery: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2022-11-19 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES \(D.1957\) CONVENT DOOR | Austin Auction Gallery | $275
2. 2022-09-10 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES \(D1957\) CHARRO ON HORSEBACK | Austin Auction Gallery | $900
3. 2018-10-11 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES, Torre de la iglesia de San Juan, Unsigned, Watercolor and pastel, 32 x 22.5 cm | Morton Subastas | N/A
4. 2018-06-28 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES, Untitled, Signed, Oil on masonite, 34 x 49 cm / 13.3 x 19.2 inches. | Morton Subastas | MX$20,000
5. 2017-10-26 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES, Untitled, Signed, Oil on masonite, 30.5 x 39 cm / 12 x 15.3 inches | Morton Subastas | MX$55,000
6. 2014-05-29 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES \(MÉXICO, 1889 \- 1957\). VENDEDOR DE CERÁMICA. Óleo sobre masonite. Firmado y fechado 44. 51 x 32.5 cm. | Morton Subastas | MX$6,500
7. 2012-12-06 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES \(MÉXICO, 1889 \- 1957\). VISTA DE LA ISLA LA ROQUETA, ACAPULCO. Óleo sobre tela. Firmado. 60 x 80 cm. | Morton Subastas | N/A
8. 2012-12-06 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES \(MÉXICO, 1889\-1957\). VISTA DE CALLE . Óleo sobre tela. Firmado y fechado 1914. 60 x 40 cm. | Morton Subastas | MX$7,500
9. 2012-09-20 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES \(MÉXICO, 1889 \- 1957\) VISTA DE LA ISLA LA ROQUETA, ACAPULCO. Óleo sobre tela. Firmado. Dimensiones: 60 x 80cm | Morton Subastas | N/A
10. 2012-05-31 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES \(MÉXICO, 1889\-1957\). ENTRADA AL CONVENTO. Óleo sobre masonite. Firmado y fechado. 48 x 33.5 cm. | Morton Subastas | MX$20,000
11. 2012-01-26 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES \(MÉXICO, 1889 \- 1957\) Óleo sobre tela adherido a cartón. Chapultepec. 30 x 40 cm | Morton Subastas | MX$17,000
12. 2011-08-25 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES \(MÉXICO, 1889 \- 1957\). PERSONAJES MEXICANOS. Firmado y fechado 1918. Óleo/tela. 34 x 54 cm. | Morton Subastas | MX$18,000
13. 2010-12-09 | Fernando Best Pontones \(México, 1889 \- 1957\). Arreando el ganado. Óleo sobre tela adherido a cartón. De 30 x 40 cm. | Morton Subastas | MX$18,000
14. 2009-10-22 | Fernando Best Pontones \(1889 – 1957\). Arriero. Escuela mexicana. Firmado y fechado 911. Óleo sobre lienzo. 49 x 60 cm. | Morton Subastas | MX$34,000
15. 2008-04-24 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES, Paisaje con volcán, Firmado Óleo sobre tela, 45.5 x 35.5 cm. | Morton Subastas | N/A
16. 2008-04-24 | FERNANDO BEST PONTONES, Cholula, Firmado, Óleo sobre tela, 80 x 60 cm. | Morton Subastas | MX$30,000

## Comparable Artists To Watch
- [Pablo Picasso](https://appraisily.com/artist/pablo-picasso/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [Gio Ponti](https://appraisily.com/artist/gio-ponti/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.
- [Giovanni Battista Piranesi](https://appraisily.com/artist/giovanni-battista-piranesi/): Comparable demand and auction cadence make this artist a useful benchmark.

## Related Artists
- [Pablo Picasso](https://appraisily.com/artist/pablo-picasso/)
- [Gio Ponti](https://appraisily.com/artist/gio-ponti/)
- [Giovanni Battista Piranesi](https://appraisily.com/artist/giovanni-battista-piranesi/)
- [Harry Polizzi](https://appraisily.com/artist/harry-polizzi/)
- [Eugene Poliarush](https://appraisily.com/artist/eugene-poliarush/)
- [John Piper](https://appraisily.com/artist/john-piper/)
- [Camille Pissarro](https://appraisily.com/artist/camille-pissarro/)
- [A. R. Penck](https://appraisily.com/artist/a-r-penck/)

## JSON Source
https://appraisily.com/api/scraper-search/artists/fernando-best-pontones/seo-profile