Bessie Pease Gutmann Auction Prices and Value Guide
Bessie Pease Gutmann auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 220 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Bessie Pease Gutmann auction prices: quick answer
Bessie Pease Gutmann auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Bessie Pease Gutmann
- Source records
- 220
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Bessie Pease Gutmann market snapshot
Bessie Pease Gutmann shows deep auction liquidity with 167 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $40. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-24.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (100.0% · 100 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $0
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-24
Artist context
About Bessie Pease Gutmann
Born
1876
Died
1960
Nationality
American
Bessie Pease Gutmann (1876–1960) was an American artist and illustrator associated with the popular illustrated culture of the early 20th century. She became known especially for tender images of infants, young children, and putti, subjects that appeared in both her paintings and commercial illustration work. Her publishing activity included books and major American magazines: between 1906 and 1920, her images appeared on 22 covers, including covers for Woman's Home Companion and McCall's. She also illustrated a 1907 edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Collectors therefore encounter Gutmann's name across several related contexts, from paintings and original illustration art to imagery connected with children's publishing and period magazines. The collected sources also report that her commercial popularity diminished during World War II before collector interest in her illustrations revived late in the 20th century. Her documented publishing history and recognizable child-centered subjects are central to identifying and contextualizing works attributed to her.
PaintingBook illustrationMagazine and cover illustrationInfantsYoung childrenPutti
Common works and media
The best-supported work types are paintings and commercial illustrations made for books and magazines. Gutmann is particularly associated with images of infants, young children, and putti. Documented publishing contexts include magazine covers and her illustrations for a 1907 edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The available sources do not establish a reliable catalogue of editions, print types, or object formats, so those details should be verified for each work rather than inferred from the image alone.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal of a work associated with Bessie Pease Gutmann should begin by identifying its work type and documented context. Paintings, book illustrations, and magazine illustrations belong to different comparison groups. Subject matter is also relevant because infants, young children, and putti are the themes most consistently associated with her work. A documented relationship to her 1907 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland edition or to her 1906–1920 magazine-cover activity can help establish historical context, although publication association alone does not prove authorship or value. The supplied source pack contains no major-auction-house analysis or inspectable lot-level results, so it does not support a price prediction. Any valuation should use verified public auction records that closely match the object's medium, work type, subject, date, and publication context.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings of infants, young children, or putti
- Book illustration art
- Magazine illustration and cover art
Value drivers
- Work type and medium, including whether an object is a painting, book illustration, or magazine illustration
- Subject matter, particularly infants, young children, and putti
- Documented publication context and date, including a relationship to the 1907 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland edition or her 1906–1920 magazine-cover activity
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack contains no major-auction-house biography or lot-level analysis for this artist.
- The supplied Appraisily input identifies 220 associated auction records, but the public page response was rate-limited, so individual lots and realized prices could not be inspected.
- The available evidence does not support a price forecast or conclusions about market direction.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Bessie Pease Gutmann 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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