Ben Abril Auction Prices and Value Guide

Ben Abril auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 272 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Ben Abril auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Ben Abril
Source records
272
Market update
2026-02-06

Ben Abril market snapshot

Ben Abril shows solid auction liquidity with 126 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,920. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (35.2% · 32 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (58.2% · 53 sales)
  • $10,000+ (6.6% · 6 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$4,127
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
8
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-16

Artist context

About Ben Abril

Born

1923

Died

1995

Nationality

American

Ben Abril (1923–1995) was an American painter best known for images of California. His work frequently records urban landscapes, vehicles, and buildings of historical interest, with additional attention to weathered structures, ghost towns, and old roads crossing rural places. This subject range gives his paintings a strong sense of place and makes them relevant to collectors of California regional art, architectural views, transportation imagery, and visual records of changing communities. Scenes connected with an earlier, now-transformed Los Angeles are especially prominent in accounts of his work and are described as among his most sought-after subjects. Public identity records distinguish Abril as a twentieth-century American painter, while the supplied Appraisily dataset associates 272 auction records with his name. Further institutional research would be useful for establishing a fuller chronology, training history, exhibition record, and detailed account of his materials and techniques.

PaintingCalifornia landscapes and placesLos Angeles urban landscapesHistoric and weathered buildingsVehicles

Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter paintings depicting California places. Documented subjects include Los Angeles streets and urban settings, historic or weathered buildings, vehicles, ghost towns, and old roads through rural areas. The collected sources do not support adding prints, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, editions, or a more specific painting medium to this profile.

Market and appraisal context

Subject matter is the clearest valuation consideration documented in the available sources. Scenes of vanished Los Angeles are described as particularly sought after, while California urban views, historic buildings, vehicles, ghost towns, and rural roads provide distinct groups for comparison. The supplied Appraisily dataset associates 272 auction records with Ben Abril's name, but the source pack contains no major auction-house catalogue entries, realized-price details, or evidence of a price trend. An appraisal should therefore confirm the artist attribution and compare the work with dated public sales of genuinely similar paintings. Record count alone should not be interpreted as proof of authenticity, a particular value, or future market performance.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • California and Los Angeles scene paintings
  • Paintings of historic buildings, vehicles, ghost towns, and rural roads

Value drivers

  1. Subject matter, particularly whether a painting depicts historic or vanished Los Angeles
  2. Relevance of dated public auction records for paintings with closely comparable subjects

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains no major auction-house catalogue entry, realized-price detail, or documented price trend.
  • The supplied auction-record count indicates market-data availability but does not establish authorship, authenticity, value, or market direction.
  • Medium-specific conclusions beyond painting are not supported by the collected sources.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Ben Abril 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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