Bill Reid Auction Prices and Value Guide
Bill Reid auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 267 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Bill Reid auction prices: quick answer
Bill Reid auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Bill Reid
- Source records
- 267
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Bill Reid market snapshot
Bill Reid shows solid auction liquidity with 71 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $280. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-15.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (88.5% · 46 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (9.6% · 5 sales)
- $10,000+ (1.9% · 1 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $800
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 2
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-15
Artist context
About Bill Reid
Born
1920
Died
1998
Nationality
Canadian
Also known as
William Ronald Reid Jr., Iljuwas, Kihlguulins, Yalth Sgwansang
Bill Reid (1920–1998), also known as William Ronald Reid Jr. and Iljuwas, was a Canadian Haida artist whose practice encompassed jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and painting. Public sources place his work within Haida and broader Northwest Coast Indigenous art. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on objects from markedly different production contexts, ranging from jewelry and sculpture to printed and painted works. This breadth matters for identification and appraisal because Bill Reid should not be treated as a single-medium market: each object needs to be understood within its own work type and compared with relevant examples. Language-specific public records also associate the names Kihlguulins and Yalth Sgwansang with him. The supplied Appraisily directory contains 267 auction entries under Bill Reid, providing a substantial starting pool for research, although individual records still require identity matching and lot-level review before they can serve as dependable comparable evidence.
Haida artNorthwest Coast Indigenous artSculptureJewelryPaintingScreen-printing
Common works and media
Public biographical sources associate Bill Reid with jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and painting. These are the principal work types collectors may encounter under his name in auction and appraisal contexts. Because the source pack does not describe specific materials, dimensions, editions, subjects, or series, those details should be documented from the individual object and its reliable records rather than inferred from the artist name alone.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should begin by identifying whether the object is jewelry, sculpture, a screenprint, or a painting, since Reid worked in each of those media. Comparable selection should remain medium-specific: a sculpture record does not automatically provide useful evidence for a print or piece of jewelry. The supplied Appraisily source pack reports 267 associated auction entries, but it does not provide the dimensions, materials, condition, provenance, signature, edition information, or realized prices needed to assess any individual object here. Relevant public records should therefore be checked for artist identity, sale date, work type, and true comparability before conclusions are drawn. This evidence supports research and appraisal context, not an unsupported price forecast.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Sculpture
- Jewelry
- Screenprints
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Identify the medium and work type before selecting comparables because Reid worked across jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and painting.
- Confirm that an auction record refers to the Canadian Haida artist identified by the linked authority records before treating it as comparable evidence.
- Compare sale dates and realized prices among genuinely comparable lots when those details are available in the Appraisily auction record set.
Appraisal caveats
- The supplied pack does not contain sale-level dimensions, materials, condition reports, provenance, signatures, edition details, or realized prices, so it cannot support a price prediction or market-trend claim.
- The directory count is an input signal rather than proof that every associated lot has been correctly attributed or deduplicated.
- The available sources establish a varied artistic practice, but they do not provide enough detail to rank particular media, subjects, or periods by market performance.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- RKD library authority
- British Museum 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 Bill Reid 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 Bill Reid artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.