David Rankin Auction Prices and Value Guide

David Rankin auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 905 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

David Rankin auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
David Rankin
Source records
905
Market update
2026-02-16

David Rankin market snapshot

David Rankin shows very deep auction liquidity with 602 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 32 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-13.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (75.8% · 269 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (23.9% · 85 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.3% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$200
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
32
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-13

Artist context

About David Rankin

Born

1946

Nationality

Australian

David Rankin is an Australian artist born in 1946 and described in published biographical material as based in New York. He is known principally as a painter, working predominantly in oil and acrylic on canvas, while also producing works on paper, prints, sculpture, and ceramics. This broad practice means collectors may encounter his name across several object categories rather than only on paintings. Library authority records identify him as “Rankin, David, 1946-,” an important distinction because several other people share the same name. A public biographical summary also reports an extensive international exhibition history and representation in museum and institutional collections. For appraisal and entity matching, the most reliable starting points in the collected evidence are his birth year, Australian identity, and the medium of the object. No movement, named series, or recurring subject is assigned here because the source pack does not provide adequate institution-grade support for those classifications.

Oil paintingAcrylic on canvasWorks on paperPrints

Common works and media

Collectors may encounter David Rankin’s oil and acrylic paintings on canvas most often in biographical descriptions of his practice. Works on paper, prints, sculptures, and ceramics are also documented. The collected sources do not provide enough evidence to identify recurring subjects, named series, edition formats, or characteristic date periods.

Market and appraisal context

David Rankin appears across a substantial Appraisily auction-record input set, but record volume by itself does not establish the value of an individual work. Comparisons should first separate oil or acrylic paintings from works on paper, prints, sculpture, and ceramics. Relevant public records can then be examined by object type, sale date, and realized price when those details are available. The collected pack does not establish how dimensions, condition, provenance, date, attribution, or edition status influenced particular results, so those characteristics require object-specific documentation. Careful identity matching is also necessary because David Rankin is a shared name and unrelated records could distort a comparison.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture and ceramics

Value drivers

  1. The medium and object type should be identified before comparing a work with other David Rankin records because his documented practice includes paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, and ceramics.
  2. Comparable public auction records should be filtered by work type, sale date, and available realized-price information rather than treating the artist-level record count as a valuation.

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected sources do not document how condition, provenance, dimensions, dating, attribution, or edition status affected individual auction results.
  • Several people share the name David Rankin, so identity matching should use the 1946 birth year, Australian nationality, and the characteristics of the work.
  • The Appraisily auction-page request was rate-limited during collection; its record count is retained as an input signal, but individual results were not available for verification.

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 David Rankin

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Artist value FAQ

How much is David Rankin 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 David Rankin artwork?

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