Dolona Roberts Auction Prices and Value Guide

Dolona Roberts auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 121 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Dolona Roberts auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Dolona Roberts
Source records
121
Market update
2026-02-16

Dolona Roberts market snapshot

Dolona Roberts shows solid auction liquidity with 64 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $450. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-04.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (70.2% · 40 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (29.8% · 17 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$3,075
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
10
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-02-04

Artist context

About Dolona Roberts

Born

1936

Dolona Roberts is documented by international authority files as a Cherokee painter born in 1936, while the French IdRef authority also identifies her as an illustrator. IdRef links Roberts to drawings used in a 1979 French edition of Charles Gallenkamp's book on Maya civilization, providing a concrete bibliographic record of her illustration work. Beyond those records, the collected public sources provide little verified biography: they do not establish a full birth date, place of birth, training, exhibition history, named movement, or death date. Collectors may encounter her name on paintings, drawings, illustrations, and works on paper, but those categories should not be treated as authentication by themselves. Appraisily's auction index contains matched records under her name across several broad art categories. Careful identity matching, signatures, provenance, medium, date, and comparison with documented examples are therefore especially important when researching a work attributed to Roberts.

PaintingDrawing and illustration

Common works and media

Authority records document Roberts as both a painter and an illustrator, and IdRef specifically records her contribution of drawings to a published book. Appraisily's matched auction data also uses broad categories that include paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art or editions. The latter categories have weaker biographical support and should be treated as auction-index classifications rather than definitive evidence of Roberts's established practices. For appraisal purposes, each object's medium, construction, signature, date, provenance, and attribution should be checked individually.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public-auction index lists 83 records under Dolona Roberts's name, including 69 priced records spanning 2010–2026. The observed results range from $9 to $8,610, but that range is historical evidence rather than a price forecast. A useful appraisal comparison should align the medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, attribution, and provenance as closely as possible. Signatures, inscriptions, restoration, edition information, exhibition history, and catalogue references may also affect how much weight a comparable sale deserves. Auction totals can be reported differently, including possible buyer's premiums or fees, while private sales and incomplete feeds may remain outside the public record.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture and mixed media
  • Decorative art and editions

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Recent comparable auction sales involving similar works
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are a starting point rather than a complete appraisal.
  • Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, reporting differences, and later attribution changes may not be represented.
  • The broad categories assigned to matched auction records do not independently establish that every listed work belongs to Roberts's documented body of work.
  • Authentication, attribution confidence, and condition can materially affect the relevance of comparable sales.

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 Dolona Roberts

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Dolona Roberts 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 Dolona Roberts artwork?

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