Carl William Peters Auction Prices and Value Guide
Carl William Peters auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 205 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Carl William Peters auction prices: quick answer
Carl William Peters auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Carl William Peters
- Source records
- 205
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Carl William Peters market snapshot
Carl William Peters shows solid auction liquidity with 120 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,952. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 11 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-01.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (25.7% · 26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (72.3% · 73 sales)
- $10,000+ (2.0% · 2 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,900
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 11
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-01
Artist context
About Carl William Peters
Born
1897
Died
1980
Nationality
American
Also known as
Carl W. Peters, Peters, Carl William
Carl William Peters (1897–1980), also catalogued as Carl W. Peters, was an American painter. Authority records from VIAF, IdRef, Wikidata, and Getty ULAN align these names with the same twentieth-century artist, helping distinguish him from people with similar names. The strongest art-historical context in the collected public sources is his relationship to Rochester WPA murals. IdRef links Peters to Art for the People: Carl W. Peters and the Rochester WPA Murals, a publication associated with a 2015–2016 exhibition at the University of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery. This record establishes Rochester mural work as a documented part of his practice, although the available source pack does not provide a full chronology, training history, or list of individual works. Collectors may encounter his work through paintings and auction records catalogued under either form of his name, making careful identity matching important when researching or appraising an object.
PaintingMural painting
Common works and media
The collected evidence supports paintings and, more specifically, Rochester WPA mural work. It does not establish a reliable catalog of easel-painting subjects, drawings, prints, sculpture, editions, or other media. Auction and appraisal records should therefore describe the actual object rather than extrapolate a broader body of work from the limited authority and exhibition references.
Market and appraisal context
Market interpretation should begin with identity control: records should match the American painter who lived from 1897 to 1980, including the name variant Carl W. Peters. The source pack supports painting and a documented Rochester WPA mural context, but it contains no lot-level descriptions, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, sale dates, or realized-price examples. Those gaps prevent a responsible claim about price level or trend. Public auction records should be compared only after the object's attribution and connection to this artist are established. Any claimed relationship to the Rochester murals requires documentation rather than visual inference alone. When suitable records are available, comparable works should be evaluated using their catalogued characteristics and sale context.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Correct authority matching across the names Carl William Peters and Carl W. Peters
- Documented relationship of a work to the Rochester WPA murals
- Comparable public auction records matched to the same artist identity
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains no lot-level descriptions, estimates, realized prices, provenance, condition reports, dimensions, or sale dates.
- An unidentified painting should not be connected to Peters's Rochester WPA mural work without supporting documentation.
- No price trend or current market level can be supported from this source pack alone.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- VIAF library authority
- IdRef library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Carl William Peters 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 Carl William Peters artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.