Ferdinand Burgdorff Auction Prices and Value Guide

Ferdinand Burgdorff auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 185 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Ferdinand Burgdorff auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Ferdinand Burgdorff
Source records
185
Market update
2026-02-06

Ferdinand Burgdorff market snapshot

Ferdinand Burgdorff shows solid auction liquidity with 123 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $823. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 13 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-18.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (62.1% · 54 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (37.9% · 33 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$750
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
13
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-18

Artist context

About Ferdinand Burgdorff

Ferdinand Burgdorff portrait
Lewis Josselyn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Born

1881

Died

1975

Nationality

American

Ferdinand Burgdorff (1881–1975) was an American painter, printmaker, and illustrator associated with landscapes of California and the American Southwest. His documented subjects include the Monterey Peninsula, Yosemite, and Southwestern desert scenery. Burgdorff also worked as an illustrator for Sunset Magazine, connecting his fine-art practice with the visual culture that introduced Western landscapes to a broad readership. Public biographical sources describe both paintings and graphic work, while authority records identify him primarily as an American painter and artist. Works attributed to Burgdorff are reported in the permanent collections of the de Young Museum, Monterey Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Naval Postgraduate School, although those holdings were not independently documented in the collected institutional source pack. Collectors most often encounter his name in connection with landscape paintings, works on paper, etchings, and other prints depicting recognizable Western settings.

Landscape paintingEtching and printmakingIllustrationMonterey Peninsula landscapesYosemite landscapesDesert landscapes of the American Southwest

Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts most commonly associate Burgdorff with landscape paintings and works on paper, including etchings and other prints. Recurring subjects documented in the collected sources include the Monterey Peninsula, Yosemite, and desert regions of the American Southwest. Illustration material may also appear, reflecting his reported work for Sunset Magazine.

Market and appraisal context

Ferdinand Burgdorff auction results should be compared by work type rather than treated as a single uniform market. A landscape painting and an editioned print may differ substantially in scale, materials, condition, and availability. Useful appraisal comparisons align the medium, dimensions, subject, date, signature or inscriptions, edition information, and attribution status. Provenance, exhibition history, restoration, and surface condition can further affect how closely one sale relates to another. Public records on Appraisily provide sale dates, realized prices, and photographed lots when available, but they may omit private transactions and incomplete auction feeds. Reported totals can also differ in their treatment of fees, so like-for-like comparisons are important and no individual result should be read as a price prediction.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints

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. Subject matter and recent public auction results for closely comparable works

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are appraisal starting points rather than final valuations; private sales and incomplete auction feeds may not be represented. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/ferdinand-burgdorff/
  • Reported prices may not be directly comparable when auction-house treatment of buyer premiums or fees differs. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/ferdinand-burgdorff/
  • Condition and attribution changes can materially affect a work's relevance to otherwise similar auction records. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/ferdinand-burgdorff/

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 Ferdinand Burgdorff

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Ferdinand Burgdorff 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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