Bertram Goodman Auction Prices and Value Guide

Bertram Goodman auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 247 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Bertram Goodman auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Bertram Goodman
Source records
247
Market update
2026-02-06

Bertram Goodman market snapshot

Bertram Goodman shows solid auction liquidity with 98 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-23.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (100.0% · 17 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$20
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-09-23

Artist context

About Bertram Goodman

Bertram Goodman portrait
Sidney M. Friend · Public domain · Source

Born

1904

Died

1988

Nationality

American

Also known as

Bertram A. Goodman

Bertram A. Goodman (1904–1988) was an American artist whose public authority record describes him as an artist, sculptor, and muralist. A surviving Federal Art Project photograph documents him working on a mural at Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Bronx, linking his practice to the WPA-era program and to large-scale public art. The photograph identifies imagery concerned with books, printing, and bookbinding, while its metadata preserves two related titles for the project. Collectors may encounter Goodman through artist-specific auction records as well as institutional and library authority files. The available source pack supports a clear core identity and documented mural activity, but it does not provide a full catalogue of his works, exhibition history, or a successfully fetched museum biography. Individual objects should therefore be described from their own inscriptions, medium, dimensions, project associations, and sale documentation rather than assigned a broader movement or style from limited evidence.

Mural paintingSculptureBooks, printing, and bookbinding

Common works and media

The strongest documented work type in the source pack is mural painting, and Goodman's authority record also identifies him as a sculptor. The collected photograph records a WPA Federal Art Project mural concerned with books, printing, and bookbinding. Other portable work types should be classified from the individual object's medium and documentation rather than inferred from this limited biographical evidence.

Market and appraisal context

Market interpretation for Bertram Goodman should begin by confirming the object's attribution and work type. The source pack documents mural practice, identifies Goodman as a sculptor, and connects him with the WPA Federal Art Project, but it does not expose detailed auction lots or results. Comparisons should therefore be restricted to records that clearly describe the medium, dimensions, date or project context, subject, sale date, and realized price. A documented relationship to Goodman's Federal Art Project activity may provide useful historical context, but it does not by itself establish market value. No price direction, scarcity claim, or dominant auction category can be supported from the collected material alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium, particularly the distinction between documented mural practice, sculpture, and other objects attributed to Goodman
  2. Documented relationship to Goodman's WPA Federal Art Project activity
  3. Comparison with artist-specific public auction records when lot descriptions, sale dates, and realized prices are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no successfully fetched lot-level auction descriptions or major-auction-house biography, so no price trend or common auction category can be established responsibly.
  • The Appraisily artist-page request was rate-limited during collection; the input indicates 247 associated records, but their work types and results were not available for verification.
  • The exact birth date appears only in a Wikipedia-language excerpt and was therefore not promoted to the structured birthDate field.
  • Attribution, medium, date, and project associations should be verified from the individual object and its documentation before selecting comparable sales.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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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 Bertram Goodman

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Bertram Goodman 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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