Dorothy Hood Auction Prices and Value Guide

Dorothy Hood auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 146 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Dorothy Hood auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Dorothy Hood
Source records
146
Market update
2026-02-06

Dorothy Hood market snapshot

Dorothy Hood shows solid auction liquidity with 119 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (2.9% · 3 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (61.0% · 64 sales)
  • $10,000+ (36.2% · 38 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$20,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
9
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-06

Artist context

About Dorothy Hood

Born

1919

Died

2000

Nationality

American

Dorothy Hood (1919–2000) was an American painter associated in the available source material with the Modernist tradition. Her identity is represented across several established cultural and authority systems, including Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, ISNI, RKD, and the Museum of Modern Art. The collected biographical material identifies oil paint and ink as her preferred media, so collectors may encounter both paintings and ink-based works attributed to her. The available pack does not establish named series, recurring subjects, a detailed career chronology, or a narrower movement classification, and this profile therefore avoids supplying those details without stronger documentation. For entity matching, the clearest anchors are her name, American nationality, occupation as a painter, 1919–2000 lifespan, and linked institutional identifiers. Exact birth and death dates are reported in one collected Wikipedia language edition but are not independently confirmed by the stronger excerpts in this source pack.

Modernist traditionOil paintInk

Common works and media

The collected biography identifies oil paint and ink as Dorothy Hood's preferred media. Auction and appraisal searches may therefore encounter oil paintings and ink-based works. The present source pack does not provide enough institution-grade detail to name recurring subjects, formal series, print editions, sculptures, ceramics, or poster production.

Market and appraisal context

The supplied Appraisily input associates Dorothy Hood with an auction-record footprint, but the public artist page was rate-limited during collection and no readable major-auction-house source was captured. This evidence does not support a price trend, typical value range, record price, or scarcity claim. The source pack does support distinguishing oil paintings from ink works when choosing comparables rather than treating every work as equivalent. A record-level appraisal should examine accessible sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition, provenance, attribution, and closely comparable lots. Until that evidence is reviewed directly, this market summary should be treated as an identity-led starting point rather than a valuation conclusion.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Oil paintings
  • Ink works

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type should be matched when selecting comparable works, because the collected biography identifies both oil paint and ink among Hood's preferred media.

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record input signal but no readable major-auction-house source or record-level sale evidence.
  • The public Appraisily artist page returned a rate-limit response during collection, so its auction information could not be independently inspected.
  • No price trend, typical value range, record price, scarcity claim, or subject-based market distinction 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.

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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 Dorothy Hood

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Dorothy Hood 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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