A. Aubrey Bodine Auction Prices and Value Guide
A. Aubrey Bodine auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,388 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
A. Aubrey Bodine auction prices: quick answer
A. Aubrey Bodine auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- A. Aubrey Bodine
- Source records
- 1,388
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About A. Aubrey Bodine
A. Aubrey Bodine (1906–1970) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his decades-long association with The Baltimore Sun, where he contributed to the Sunday Sun Magazine for roughly fifty years. A practitioner in the pictorialist tradition, Bodine produced evocative images of Maryland landmarks, Chesapeake Bay maritime life, and regional traditions that helped shape how mid-twentieth-century Americans saw the Mid-Atlantic. His published books—including My Maryland (1952), Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater, Face of Maryland, and Face of Virginia—circulated his work widely and remain reference points for collectors of American pictorial photography. Bodine is recognized in major library authority files including the Library of Congress and VIAF, and is documented by the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History as an American photographer within the pictorialist lineage.
Pictorialismgelatin silver printsphotographic printsMaryland landscapes and landmarksChesapeake Bay and tidewater scenesVirginian sceneryRegional American traditions and maritime life
Common works and media
Collectors most frequently encounter Bodine's work as gelatin silver photographic prints depicting Maryland and Chesapeake Bay scenes—harbors, skipjacks, oystermen, marshlands, covered bridges, and rural landscapes. He also produced portrait, architectural, and industrial subjects for The Baltimore Sun. Prints range from small newspaper-format reproductions to larger exhibition-sized photographs. His books, particularly My Maryland and Face of Maryland, occasionally appear as collectible first editions.
Market and appraisal context
A. Aubrey Bodine has a well-established and liquid secondary market, with 674 auction lots recorded from November 2001 through August 2025, of which 636 carry realized prices. The price distribution is moderately wide: the median stands at $175, the interquartile range spans $100–$325, and the recorded maximum is $8,750, indicating that exceptional or large-scale works can reach a significantly higher tier. The bulk of trading occurs at regional American auction houses—Alex Cooper, Weschler's, Potomack Company, and Sloans & Kenyon—with confirmed appearances at Christie's and Heritage Auctions as well, lending institutional credibility to the market. Recent lots (2024–2025) show individual gelatin silver prints in the $20–$650 range, with multi-print lots often selling between $55–$250. Liquidity has softened in the most recent twelve months (2 priced lots versus 32 in the prior twelve-month window), which may reflect a temporary market lull rather than declining demand, given the long track record and deep lot history.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- gelatin silver prints
- photographic prints
Value drivers
- [object Object]
Appraisal caveats
- No specific realized prices or auction records are available in the collected source pack; collectors should consult dedicated auction databases for comparable lots.
- The exact day of Bodine's death in 1970 is not confirmed in the collected sources.
- The recent twelve-month auction volume (2 priced lots) is sharply lower than the prior twelve-month period (32 priced lots); this may reflect market cyclicality, consignment timing, or reporting lag rather than structural demand decline.
- Auction records are derived from the Appraisily auction-record index, which aggregates public auction feeds; not all lots may include complete provenance, condition reports, or edition details.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is A. Aubrey Bodine worth?
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