Alvin Carl Hollingsworth Auction Prices and Value Guide

Alvin Carl Hollingsworth auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 231 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Alvin Carl Hollingsworth auction prices: quick answer

Alvin Carl Hollingsworth auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist: Alvin Carl Hollingsworth
Source records: 231
Market update: 2026-02-06

Alvin Carl Hollingsworth market snapshot

Alvin Carl Hollingsworth shows deep auction liquidity with 160 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,320. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 22 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

Realized price distribution

Under $1,000 (37.4% · 40 sales)
$1,000 to $10,000 (59.8% · 64 sales)
$10,000+ (2.8% · 3 sales)

Median sale (last 12 months): $1,250
Sales recorded (last 12 months): 22
Median shift vs prior year: +100.0%
Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16

Artist context

About Alvin Carl Hollingsworth

Born

1928

Died

2000

Nationality

American

Also known as

Alvin Holly, Alvin C. Hollingsworth

Alvin Carl Hollingsworth (1928–2000) was an American painter, comic artist, and educator. Born in Harlem, he is described as one of the earliest Black artists active in American comic books, while a secondary source also places him in the context of the Black Arts Movement. Collectors may encounter his name as Alvin C. Hollingsworth or under the pseudonym Alvin Holly. His documented work across painting and comics means that objects associated with him can enter different collecting contexts, making accurate identity and medium classification especially important. Public entity records connect Hollingsworth with Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, ISNI, and the National Gallery of Art. The available source pack establishes the broad outline of his identity and career, but it does not provide enough substantive museum or scholarly text to define his subjects, named series, stylistic development, or complete chronology with high confidence.

Black Arts MovementPaintingComic artDrawing

Common works and media

Public biographical sources identify Hollingsworth as both a painter and a comic artist, with drawing also noted in a secondary source. Paintings and comic-related works are therefore plausible appraisal categories. The collected material does not establish a reliable breakdown of formats, subjects, named series, print editions, or the relative frequency of different work types at auction, so each object should be classified from its physical characteristics and documentation rather than from the artist's name alone.

Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should first determine whether an object belongs to Hollingsworth's painting practice, comic-art practice, or another documented medium, and whether it carries his full name, abbreviated name, or the Alvin Holly pseudonym. These distinctions affect which public records are genuinely comparable. The source pack signals an Appraisily auction-record set, but it provides no accessible lot-level descriptions, realized prices, dates, dimensions, provenance, or condition information. It also contains no usable major-auction-house analysis. No price direction or category frequency should therefore be inferred here. A defensible valuation requires verified object details and comparisons with public sales assigned to the same artist and closely matching work type.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

Paintings
Comic art

Value drivers

Identity and signature form, including use of the pseudonym Alvin Holly
Work type and medium, particularly the distinction between painting and comic art
Comparable public auction records assigned to the same artist and work category

Appraisal caveats

The collected Appraisily page signals an auction-record set, but its fetch was rate-limited and supplied no usable lot-level descriptions or realized-price evidence.
No major-auction-house source with accessible biography or sale details was included in the source pack.
The proposed auction categories follow the artist's documented practices; they are not an audited breakdown of the collected auction records.
No price trend, scarcity claim, subject premium, or market direction can be supported from this source pack.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.

Wikidata library authority
Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
Library of Congress library authority
National Gallery of Art museum or university
VIAF library authority
ISNI library authority

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Alvin Carl Hollingsworth

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Alvin Carl Hollingsworth 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 Alvin Carl Hollingsworth artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.