Byron Galvez Auction Prices and Value Guide

Byron Galvez auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 470 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Byron Galvez auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Byron Galvez
Source records
470
Market update
2026-02-06

Byron Galvez market snapshot

Byron Galvez shows deep auction liquidity with 222 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 19 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-13.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (44.0% · 66 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (28.7% · 43 sales)
  • $10,000+ (27.3% · 41 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$275
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
19
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-13

Artist context

About Byron Galvez

Born

1941

Died

2009

Nationality

Mexican

Also known as

Byron Gálvez, Byron Gálvez Avilés

Byron Gálvez (1941–2009) was a Mexican artist best known for painting and also active in sculpture, including monumental work. Library authority records establish the identity behind the accented and unaccented forms of his name, while public biographical sources describe a career that reached exhibitions in Mexico, the United States, and other countries. Painting was especially central during the 1970s and 1980s; later in his career, sculpture became more prominent. Gálvez was a member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana and received a retrospective at Mexico’s Palacio de Bellas Artes. For collectors, his cross-media practice matters because an auction listing under Byron Galvez or Byron Gálvez may refer to a painting, a freestanding sculpture, or a large-scale public work rather than one uniform class of objects. Careful identity matching should therefore account for spelling, accents, medium, scale, and date.

PaintingSculptureMonumental sculpture

Common works and media

Public biographical sources identify paintings as the works most closely associated with Byron Gálvez. They also document sculpture and monumental projects, particularly later in his career. Auction and appraisal searches should therefore distinguish paintings from freestanding or large-scale sculpture and should match comparable objects by date, dimensions, materials, and format. The collected evidence does not establish recurring bodies of prints, editions, drawings, ceramics, or posters, so those categories should not be attributed to Gálvez without object-specific documentation.

Market and appraisal context

Market evidence for Byron Gálvez should be separated by object type rather than treated as one undifferentiated record. Painting was his principal practice, but sculpture—including monumental work—became important later in his career. Medium, dimensions, date, and career phase therefore affect which public auction records are meaningfully comparable. An appraisal should also verify the object’s condition, provenance, attribution, signatures or inscriptions, and any restoration before interpreting realized prices. The collected sources do not provide lot-level results from a major auction house, so this profile does not claim a price trend or forecast. When records are available, the most useful comparisons are closely related works with documented sale dates, realized prices, similar scale, and consistent attribution.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Sculpture

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type, particularly the distinction between painting and sculpture
  2. Dimensions and scale, including whether a sculpture was conceived as a monumental work
  3. Date and career phase, including the painting-focused decades and later sculptural practice
  4. Comparable public auction records, sale dates, and realized prices when relevant records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not contain lot-level auction results or a major auction-house biography, so no price trend or market direction is asserted.
  • Provenance, condition, dimensions, signatures, inscriptions, and attribution must be verified for the individual object before selecting comparable sales.
  • The source pack does not establish whether prints, editions, drawings, or ceramics form recurring auction categories for this artist.

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 Byron Galvez

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Byron Galvez 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 Byron Galvez artwork?

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