Ardeshir Mohassess Auction Prices and Value Guide

Ardeshir Mohassess auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 275 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Ardeshir Mohassess auction prices: quick answer

Ardeshir Mohassess auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Ardeshir Mohassess
Source records
275
Market update
2026-02-06

Ardeshir Mohassess market snapshot

Ardeshir Mohassess shows deep auction liquidity with 220 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $375. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-24.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (85.4% · 187 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (14.2% · 31 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.5% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$3,250
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
10
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-24

Artist context

About Ardeshir Mohassess

Ardeshir Mohassess portrait
Kamran Shirdel · Public domain · Source

Born

1938

Died

2008

Nationality

Iranian

Also known as

Ardeshir Mohasses, Mohasses, Ardeshir, Muḥaṣṣiṣ, Ardashīr, اردشیر محصص

Ardeshir Mohassess (1938–2008) was an Iranian illustrator, cartoonist, satirist, and painter born in Tehran and later based in New York. Library authority records identify him under several English and Persian transliterations, including Ardeshir Mohasses and Muḥaṣṣiṣ, Ardashīr—an important distinction when matching books, catalogues, and auction listings. His documented creative identity encompasses illustration and caricature as well as painting. The available institutional sources do not establish a formal movement, so it is more accurate to place him broadly in the context of Iranian visual satire and an artistic life that later included New York. Collectors may encounter his name on cartoons, illustrations, paintings, and published works, sometimes catalogued under variant spellings. Careful identity matching is therefore especially important: the authority records consistently connect these variants to the same 1938–2008 artist. The source pack is strongest on identity and occupation, while detailed chronology, named series, and museum-level interpretation remain limited.

IllustrationCartooning and caricaturePaintingSatirical subjects

Common works and media

The securely supported work categories are illustrations, cartoons or caricatures, and paintings. Library records specifically identify Mohassess as an illustrator and caricaturist, while the collected biographical source also describes him as a painter and satirist. Published works and catalogue entries may appear under Persian script or alternative Romanized spellings of his name. The source pack does not establish particular named series, edition practices, favored materials, or recurring iconography, so those details should be verified from the individual object and its documentation.

Market and appraisal context

The collected evidence establishes that Mohassess worked across illustration, cartooning, caricature, and painting, but it does not provide accessible lot-level results or a major-auction-house biography. Appraisal should therefore begin with reliable artist identification, especially because authority files record several transliterations of his name, and should distinguish a cartoon or illustration from a painting before selecting comparables. When public auction records are available, the most useful comparisons are records for the same work type and a clearly matched artist identity. Sale dates and realized prices describe particular transactions rather than predicting a new result. The present evidence does not support claims about price trends, rarity, edition size, premium subjects, or record prices; those questions require object-specific evidence and verified comparable lots.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Illustrations and cartoons
  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium, particularly whether an object is an illustration, cartoon, caricature, or painting
  2. Reliable artist identification across English, Persian, and transliterated name variants
  3. Comparable public auction records matched to the same artist identity and work type

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no accessible lot-level results or major-auction-house biography.
  • The evidence does not support claims about price trends, rarity, edition sizes, premium subjects, or record prices.
  • Object-specific attribution and comparison require examination of the work and verified lot documentation.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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 Ardeshir Mohassess

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Ardeshir Mohassess 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.

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