Charles Dorman Robinson Auction Prices and Value Guide

Charles Dorman Robinson auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 173 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Charles Dorman Robinson auction prices: quick answer

Charles Dorman Robinson auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Charles Dorman Robinson
Source records
173
Market update
2026-02-16

Charles Dorman Robinson market snapshot

Charles Dorman Robinson shows developing auction liquidity with 17 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-03-11.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (46.2% · 6 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (30.8% · 4 sales)
  • $10,000+ (23.1% · 3 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$600
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
1
Median shift vs prior year
+50.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-03-11

Artist context

About Charles Dorman Robinson

Charles Dorman Robinson portrait
Studio of Isaiah West Taber · Public domain · Source

Born

1847

Died

1933

Nationality

American

Charles Dorman Robinson (1847–1933) was an American painter whose practice encompassed landscape and marine painting as well as panoramas and cycloramas. Public biographical material associates him especially with Northern California, where his subjects included seascapes, regional landscapes, and Yosemite Valley. The collected biography reports more than one hundred Yosemite paintings, making that landscape a central recurring subject in his recorded output. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on conventional easel paintings as well as works connected to the large-scale panorama and cyclorama traditions. His identity is reinforced by stable records at Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the Library of Congress, although several authority pages could not be fetched during this research run. No museum biography or scholarly catalogue was present in the source pack to establish a formal movement affiliation, so this profile describes his documented subjects and work types without assigning him to an unsupported school.

PaintingPanorama paintingCyclorama paintingNorthern California landscapesYosemite ValleySeascapes and marine views

Common works and media

Documented work types include landscapes, seascapes and other marine views, panoramas, and cycloramas. Northern California scenery and Yosemite Valley are especially relevant subjects in the collected biography. Because the source pack does not provide a lot-level medium breakdown, it cannot establish how frequently particular supports, dimensions, or formats appear at auction.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by determining whether the object is a landscape, marine scene, or a work related to panorama or cyclorama practice, then identifying any Northern California or Yosemite subject. The collected biography presents Yosemite as a particularly sustained part of Robinson's output. Date, dimensions, support, condition, signature or inscriptions, provenance, and the strength of attribution should be documented before comparing sales. Appraisily's artist input indicates a body of auction records, but the collected pack contains no individual lot descriptions, realized prices, or major-auction-house analysis. Any value conclusion should therefore use verified comparable lots matched by medium, subject, size, date, condition, and attribution rather than relying on the artist name alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Landscape and regional-view paintings
  • Marine paintings and seascapes
  • Panorama- and cyclorama-related works

Value drivers

  1. Work type and format, including whether a work is an easel landscape, marine scene, panorama, or cyclorama-related object
  2. Subject and geographic identification, particularly documented associations with Northern California and Yosemite Valley
  3. Comparable public auction records matched by work type and subject when detailed lot records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house biography, lot descriptions, realized prices, or price-trend analysis.
  • The listed auction categories are cautious inferences from the artist's documented work types rather than findings from a lot-level auction review.
  • No claim about current value, market direction, rarity, or authentication can be supported from the collected evidence alone.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin 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 Charles Dorman Robinson

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Charles Dorman Robinson 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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