Barbara Tribe Auction Prices and Value Guide
Barbara Tribe auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 279 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Barbara Tribe auction prices: quick answer
Barbara Tribe auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Barbara Tribe
- Source records
- 279
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Barbara Tribe market snapshot
Barbara Tribe shows deep auction liquidity with 153 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $264. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-09.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (73.9% · 85 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (20.9% · 24 sales)
- $10,000+ (5.2% · 6 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $2,200
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 7
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-09
Artist context
About Barbara Tribe
Born
1913
Died
2000
Nationality
Australian
Barbara Tribe (1913–2000) was an Australian artist whose career was largely based in Cornwall. The available biographical source characterizes her as a significant twentieth-century portrait artist who worked in both painting and sculpture. Collectors may therefore encounter her name across more than one medium, particularly in connection with painted or sculpted likenesses. Her Australian origin and long association with Cornwall are useful identity clues when reviewing collection records, exhibition histories, inscriptions, and catalogue entries. Stable identifiers link Tribe to Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, ISNI, RKD, and Art UK, helping distinguish her from similarly named people. The collected material does not establish a named movement, formal school, recurring series, or complete chronology, so those details should not be inferred. Her documented combination of portraiture, painting, and sculpture provides the clearest available context for understanding why her work appears in auction and appraisal research.
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Common works and media
Collectors may encounter Barbara Tribe through paintings, sculptures, and portrait works. The available sources do not establish whether prints, drawings, ceramics, posters, editions, or named series form regular parts of her auction record. Objects outside the supported painting, sculpture, and portrait context require additional identity and catalogue research before being presented as characteristic examples of her work.
Market and appraisal context
Barbara Tribe's documented work spans painting and sculpture, with portraiture providing the clearest subject context. Comparisons should therefore be organized by work type: a painted portrait is not automatically comparable to a sculpted likeness. Appraisily's input associates the artist with 279 auction records, but this source pack does not provide the underlying lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or attribution details. That aggregate count should be treated as a discovery signal rather than evidence of a price level or trend. Any appraisal should use verified, medium-specific public auction records and confirm that the compared lots are correctly attributed to this Barbara Tribe.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Sculpture
- Portrait works
Value drivers
- Work type should be matched carefully because the documented practice includes both painting and sculpture
- Whether a work is a painted or sculpted portrait is relevant when selecting comparable works
- Comparable public auction records should be separated by medium and reviewed with their sale dates and recorded results when lot-level data is available
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack contains an aggregate input count of 279 records but no accessible lot-level descriptions, sale dates, estimates, realized prices, condition reports, dimensions, provenance, or attribution details.
- The collected Appraisily artist page returned a rate-limit response, so the aggregate auction-record signal could not be independently inspected.
- No price trend, market direction, scarcity claim, or artist-specific condition adjustment 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, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Art UK museum or university
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- ISNI 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 Barbara Tribe 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 Barbara Tribe artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.