Aharon Kahana Auction Prices and Value Guide
Aharon Kahana auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 283 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Aharon Kahana auction prices: quick answer
Aharon Kahana auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Aharon Kahana
- Source records
- 283
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Aharon Kahana market snapshot
Aharon Kahana shows solid auction liquidity with 137 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-22.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (55.3% · 47 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (42.4% · 36 sales)
- $10,000+ (2.4% · 2 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,100
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 9
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-22
Artist context
About Aharon Kahana
Born
1905
Died
1967
Nationality
Israeli
Also known as
Kahana, Aharon, כהנא, אהרן
Aharon Kahana (1905–1967) was a German-born Israeli painter, also described in collected biographical sources as a ceramicist. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and IdRef align on his name, Israeli association, and life years. Catalog records preserved by IdRef point to a 1970 retrospective at the Tel Aviv Museum featuring oil and acrylic paintings and gouaches, followed by a 1978 Haifa Museum of Modern Art exhibition devoted to the human figure in his work. These records place Kahana within twentieth-century Israeli art while documenting a practice that crossed painting, works on paper, and ceramics. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on varied objects rather than in a single standardized category. The available institutional material does not assign him a specific movement or school, so identification is better grounded in authority records, documented media, exhibition history, inscriptions, and object-level evidence than in a broad stylistic label.
Oil paintingAcrylic paintingGouacheCeramicsHuman figure
Common works and media
Documented work types include oil and acrylic paintings, gouaches, and ceramics. Museum catalog metadata also establishes the human figure as a studied subject in Kahana’s work. The collected sources do not establish named series, edition sizes, or a recurring body of prints, sculptures, or posters, so objects in those categories require additional evidence before being associated with his documented practice.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal should begin by separating Kahana’s documented work types: oil or acrylic painting, gouache, and ceramic work are not directly interchangeable market categories. Comparisons are stronger when the candidate object and reference lots align in medium, format, subject, date, and scale; the 1978 exhibition record also makes human-figure subject matter a documented comparison point. Attribution, signature, provenance, and condition still require object-specific verification and should not be inferred from an artist-name match. The collected material includes an Appraisily auction-price page and a substantial record-count signal, but no major-auction-house biography or lot-level result set. Accordingly, this profile supports category-based research, not a price forecast, scarcity claim, or authentication conclusion.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Oil and acrylic paintings
- Gouaches and other works on paper
- Ceramics
Value drivers
- Documented medium and work type, distinguishing oil or acrylic paintings, gouaches, and ceramics
- Human-figure subject matter compared with works of other subjects
- Comparable public auction records grouped by like work type, sale date, and realized price
Appraisal caveats
- The collected sources contain no major-auction-house biography or lot-level result details, so they do not support a price trend or scarcity claim.
- The auction-record count is an input signal, not evidence of authenticity, attribution, or market value for any individual object.
- Condition, dimensions, inscriptions, provenance, and attribution require object-specific examination before selecting comparable sales.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Aharon Kahana worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
Can Appraisily value my Aharon Kahana artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.