Bruno Mathsson Auction Prices and Value Guide

Bruno Mathsson auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 461 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Bruno Mathsson auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Bruno Mathsson
Source records
461
Market update
2026-02-06

Bruno Mathsson market snapshot

Bruno Mathsson shows deep auction liquidity with 300 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 30 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-21.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (42.2% · 81 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (53.6% · 103 sales)
  • $10,000+ (4.2% · 8 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,500
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
30
Median shift vs prior year
+15.4%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-21

Artist context

About Bruno Mathsson

Bruno Mathsson portrait
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Source

Born

1907

Died

1988

Nationality

Swedish

Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) was a Swedish furniture designer and architect. Library-authority records establish his dates, nationality, and architectural occupation, while Wikidata and the official Mathsson site identify furniture design as a central part of his work. In design-history context, the collected sources associate Mathsson with functionalism, modernism, and the Swedish craft tradition. The Museum of Modern Art also maintains an institutional artist record for him. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Mathsson through twentieth-century furniture and decorative-design listings rather than through conventional painting categories. The available evidence securely establishes his identity and broad professional context, but it does not provide enough detail to make confident page-level claims about every model, manufacturer, material, or production period. Those object-specific details should be checked against labels, documentation, reliable catalogues, and comparable examples. For entity matching, his Swedish nationality, dual designer-and-architect roles, life dates, and authority identifiers are the strongest distinguishing attributes.

FunctionalismModernismFurniture design

Common works and media

Furniture is the most securely documented work type associated with Bruno Mathsson in this source pack. His official site includes dedicated furniture and materials-and-technique sections, and authority data identifies him as a furniture designer. The current Appraisily index also uses broad fine-art and decorative-art category labels, but those generic labels are not sufficient evidence that paintings, prints, or sculptures were characteristic Mathsson outputs. Object-level appraisal should begin by identifying the exact furniture type, dimensions, materials, construction, condition, marks or inscriptions, date, provenance, and attribution basis.

Market and appraisal context

The collected Appraisily snapshot reports auction coverage from 2002 through 2026, with 655 matched records and 442 priced records, although another summary on the same page refers to 300 tracked lots. Coverage totals should therefore be reconciled before publication. For appraisal, compare objects of the same type and similar size, date, condition, restoration history, provenance, and attribution status. Signatures, inscriptions, edition information, exhibition history, catalogue references, and recent comparable public sales can also affect interpretation. An overall median should not be treated as a universal benchmark across unlike objects. Reported auction totals may handle buyer premiums differently, while private transactions and incomplete feeds can leave important gaps in the visible market record.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Furniture and decorative design

Value drivers

  1. Object type, medium, dimensions, and date
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signatures, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Recent comparable public auction results for genuinely similar objects
  6. Rarity, subject or design, and current market demand

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are an appraisal starting point rather than a conclusive valuation.
  • Reported results may differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees, so comparable records should be normalized when possible.
  • Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, condition differences, and revised attributions may not be represented.
  • The current Appraisily snapshot contains inconsistent summary counts and should be reconciled before its totals are quoted as definitive.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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 Bruno Mathsson

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Bruno Mathsson 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 Bruno Mathsson artwork?

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