Benny Andrews Auction Prices and Value Guide
Benny Andrews auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 538 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Benny Andrews auction prices: quick answer
Benny Andrews auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Benny Andrews
- Source records
- 538
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Benny Andrews market snapshot
Benny Andrews shows deep auction liquidity with 384 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 43 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-13.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (41.8% · 115 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (46.5% · 128 sales)
- $10,000+ (11.6% · 32 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $4,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 43
- Median shift vs prior year
- +66.7%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-13
Artist context
About Benny Andrews
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Born
1930
Died
2006
Nationality
American
Benny Andrews (1930–2006) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator, and educator whose authority records identify him as an African American artist. Born in Plainview, Georgia, he later died in New York. His public identity is documented by Getty ULAN, VIAF, IdRef, MoMA, and the National Gallery of Art, while the Benny Andrews Estate maintains a foundation and archive devoted to his life and work. The collected sources do not establish a single named movement, so his page is best framed through his multidisciplinary practice and his place in African American art history rather than through an unsupported stylistic label. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings, prints and other works on paper, sculpture, mixed-media works, illustrations, and editions. Appraisily's matched auction data indicates a substantial public resale record, making careful work-level identification and comparison important.
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Common works and media
Authority records identify painting, printmaking, sculpture, and illustration as parts of Andrews's practice. Auction matches are also grouped under works on paper and prints, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. For appraisal purposes, record the exact medium, support, dimensions, date, signature or inscriptions, edition number when relevant, condition, and provenance before selecting comparable sales. Broad category labels should not be treated as proof that two works are equivalent.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should begin with the specific object, not a headline artist average. For Benny Andrews, comparable records are most useful when they align in medium, dimensions, date, career period, subject, condition, restoration history, signature or inscriptions, edition details, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Appraisily's collected page reports hundreds of matched public auction records, but its record totals differ by section and results may use different fee-reporting conventions. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may also be absent. A defensible opinion should therefore compare like-for-like lots, inspect condition and authorship evidence, and state the sale-date and price basis used rather than extrapolating from the artist's complete record.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Fine art and paintings
- Works on paper and prints
- Sculpture and mixed media
- Decorative art and editions
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, surface quality, and completeness
- Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand
- Recent public auction results for genuinely comparable works
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records are a starting point rather than a final appraisal; private sales, incomplete feeds, and attribution changes may not be represented (source: https://appraisily.com/artist/benny-andrews/).
- The collected Appraisily page gives different record totals in separate sections—384 tracked lots in its valuation summary and 403 records with 289 priced records in its data-basis section—so counts should be treated as snapshot-dependent (source: https://appraisily.com/artist/benny-andrews/).
- Broad auction categories can contain works of different media, dates, dimensions, conditions, and attribution levels; category membership alone does not establish comparability (source: https://appraisily.com/artist/benny-andrews/).
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- IdRef library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- National Gallery of Art museum or university
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 Benny Andrews 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 Benny Andrews artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.