Betty Parsons Auction Prices and Value Guide

Betty Parsons auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 156 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Betty Parsons auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Betty Parsons
Source records
156
Market update
2026-02-16

Betty Parsons market snapshot

Betty Parsons shows solid auction liquidity with 107 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 19 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-28.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (43.1% · 44 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (37.3% · 38 sales)
  • $10,000+ (19.6% · 20 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,700
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
19
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-28

Artist context

About Betty Parsons

Betty Parsons portrait
Lynn Gilbert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Born

1900

Died

1982

Nationality

American

Betty Parsons (1900–1982) was an American artist, art dealer, and collector whose public identity spans both her own studio practice and her influential place in the American avant-garde. Authority records describe her as a painter and sculptor, while biographical sources connect her to the early promotion of Abstract Expressionism. That dual role matters when reading auction and collection records: an object associated with Parsons may concern her work as an artist, her gallery activity, or her relationships with other artists. Her own works should therefore be catalogued independently from material documenting artists she promoted. Collectors may encounter paintings, sculpture, and works catalogued as engravings or prints under her name. The available source pack establishes her years, American identity, occupations, and institutional identifiers, but offers limited detail about named series, recurring subjects, or the chronology of her artistic development. Those details should be confirmed through object-specific cataloguing and stronger scholarly sources when available.

Abstract ExpressionismAmerican avant-gardePaintingSculptureEngraving and printmaking

Common works and media

Authority records identify Parsons as a painter and sculptor, while IdRef also associates her with engraving. Works encountered in auction or appraisal settings may therefore be classified as paintings, sculpture, prints, or engravings. The collected evidence does not establish recurring subjects, named series, specific materials, or edition practices, so those characteristics should be determined from the object and its cataloguing rather than inferred from her name alone.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Betty Parsons should begin with careful creator identification because her name also appears in dealer, collector, and gallery contexts. The available authority records support painting, sculpture, and engraving-related classifications, making work type and medium useful first filters when selecting comparable records. Appraisily's artist page indicates an auction-record context, but the collected source pack does not expose individual lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition, provenance, or edition data. No price trend or typical value range can therefore be responsibly stated here. A valuation should use object-level evidence and compare only genuinely similar works, with catalogued attribution and sale details checked before any conclusion.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Sculpture
  • Prints and engravings

Value drivers

  1. Correct creator identification, distinguishing Parsons's own artwork from material associated with her activities as a dealer and collector
  2. Work type and medium, including whether an object is catalogued as a painting, sculpture, print, or engraving
  3. Object-specific comparable public auction records when complete cataloguing and sale details are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not provide individual auction-lot descriptions, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or edition information.
  • No price trend, typical value range, or relative performance claim can be supported from the collected evidence alone.
  • Parsons's overlapping identities as artist, dealer, and collector make careful entity and authorship matching especially important.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

LLM summary index · LLM full index

Artist value FAQ

How much is Betty Parsons 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 Betty Parsons artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.