Basil Rákóczi Auction Prices and Value Guide
Basil Rákóczi auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 345 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Basil Rákóczi auction prices: quick answer
Basil Rákóczi auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Basil Rákóczi
- Source records
- 345
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Basil Rákóczi market snapshot
Basil Rákóczi shows deep auction liquidity with 177 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-03.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (31.8% · 41 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (67.4% · 87 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.8% · 1 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $500
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 7
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-06-03
Artist context
About Basil Rákóczi
Born
1908
Died
1979
Nationality
British
Also known as
Basil Ivan Rákóczi, Basil Rakoczi
Basil Rákóczi (1908–1979), also catalogued as Basil Ivan Rákóczi and Basil Rakoczi, was a British artist whose practice included painting, illustration, stage design and writing. He is chiefly associated with the White Stag Group, which he co-founded with Kenneth Hall. That connection places him within a mid-twentieth-century British and Irish art context, although the collected institutional sources do not assign a single formal movement label to his individual practice. Collectors may encounter his name in accented and unaccented forms across museum, library-authority and auction records. Painting is the clearest documented work type in this source pack, while illustration and stage design indicate a broader creative practice. Careful identity matching is important because records may also concern Hall or the wider White Stag circle. Sources disagree over whether Rákóczi died in 1976 or 1979; Art UK and several library headings support 1979, which is used here pending stronger primary documentation.
PaintingIllustrationStage design
Common works and media
Paintings are the most clearly documented works associated with Rákóczi in the collected sources. Biographical material also identifies him as an illustrator and stage designer, so drawings, illustrations or theatrical-design material may appear under his name. The source pack does not establish how frequently those categories reach auction, identify recurring subjects, or document an editioned print or sculpture practice; each object's medium, authorship and date should therefore be verified individually.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal should begin by confirming that an object is by Basil Rákóczi rather than merely associated with Kenneth Hall, the White Stag Group or Rákóczi's estate. Name variants in authority records make accurate entity matching especially important. Relevant comparisons should be separated by work type and medium and evaluated with their dates, dimensions, attribution language, condition, provenance, signatures, sale venues and realized results. A documented relationship to Rákóczi's White Stag activity may provide useful historical context, but it does not establish value by itself. The supplied data indicates substantial auction-record coverage, yet this source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house lot evidence from which to infer a price trend or predict a result.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Illustrations
Value drivers
- Correct attribution and authority-name matching across Basil Rákóczi, Basil Rakoczi and Basil Ivan Rákóczi
- Work type and medium, including whether an object is a painting, illustration or stage-design work
- Date and documented connection to Rákóczi's White Stag Group activity
- Comparison with relevant public auction records, including sale date, realized price and genuinely similar lots when those details are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains no accessible lot-level descriptions from a major auction house, so it does not support price-trend or market-direction claims.
- The supplied Appraisily record count indicates auction-data coverage but does not establish the number of unique works, the completeness of the market, or the comparability of individual lots.
- Condition, dimensions, provenance, signature details, attribution status and sale venue should be verified from the specific object and relevant lot records before drawing a valuation conclusion.
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 Basil Rákóczi 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 Basil Rákóczi artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.