Bob Stanley Auction Prices and Value Guide

Bob Stanley auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 171 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Bob Stanley auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Bob Stanley
Source records
171
Market update
2026-02-16

Bob Stanley market snapshot

Bob Stanley shows solid auction liquidity with 66 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-17.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (53.1% · 17 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (37.5% · 12 sales)
  • $10,000+ (9.4% · 3 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,600
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-05-17

Artist context

About Bob Stanley

Bob Stanley portrait
Marylin Stanley · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Born

1932

Died

1997

Nationality

American

Also known as

Robert Stanley

Bob Stanley (1932–1997), also catalogued as Robert Stanley, was an American painter and graphic artist associated with Pop art. Collected references link him particularly with printmaking and with paintings developed from photographic imagery. This combination places his work within a postwar context in which artists transformed camera-based and mass-media source material through painting and graphic processes. Collectors may encounter his name on prints and other graphic works as well as paintings, making medium and production method important to accurate entity matching. Institutional records maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, MoMA, the National Gallery of Art, VIAF, the Library of Congress, and RKD help distinguish this artist from other people named Bob Stanley. The source pack supports his basic identity, lifespan, nationality, and Pop-art context, while detailed exhibition history, chronology, named series, and catalogue-level descriptions remain limited.

Pop artPaintingPrintmaking and graphic artPainting developed from photographic imagery

Common works and media

Works encountered under this artist record may include prints and other graphic works, as well as paintings. The collected German-language biography places particular emphasis on his print output, while the French-language biography describes paintings developed from photographs. No reliable details about named series, specific print techniques, edition sizes, recurring subjects, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or other work types were available in the collected pack.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming that an object belongs to the American Pop artist Bob Stanley rather than another person with the same name. For this artist, the distinction between a painting and a print or other graphic work is important because the collected sources identify both practices and emphasize his printmaking. The available pack does not supply lot-level metadata, realized-price details, edition information, signature guidance, provenance, condition reports, or catalogue entries, so it does not support an artist-specific price conclusion. When public auction records are available, the most relevant comparisons are records matched to the same artist identity, work type, and medium, with object-specific evidence reviewed separately.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Prints and graphic works
  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Identity and attribution matched against institutional authority records
  2. Work type and medium, especially painting versus print or other graphic work
  3. Comparable public auction records matched to the same medium and work type when detailed records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected pack does not provide lot-level descriptions, realized prices, edition details, signatures, provenance, condition reports, or catalogue references.
  • The name Bob Stanley can refer to other people, so attribution should be reconciled with the institutional identifiers listed for this artist.
  • The available evidence does not support an artist-specific price forecast or a claim about market direction.

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 Bob Stanley

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Bob Stanley 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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