Fima Auction Prices and Value Guide

Fima auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 181 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Fima auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Fima
Source records
181
Market update
2026-02-06

Fima market snapshot

Fima shows solid auction liquidity with 124 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $575. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-28.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (66.7% · 34 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (33.3% · 17 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$340
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
9
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-28

Artist context

About Fima

Died

2005

Nationality

Israeli

Also known as

Efraim Reuytenberg, Ephraim Roeytenberg

Fima was the professional name associated with Efraim Reuytenberg, an Israeli painter whose authority records also carry the variant Ephraim Roeytenberg. Public biographical material describes him as born in China and says that he spent much of his career in France, giving his identity a Chinese-born, Israeli, and French-working context. Library authority data consistently places his death in 2005, but disagrees on whether he was born in 1914 or 1916; the year should therefore be treated as unresolved. The collected sources identify painting as his principal field, and one authority label also calls him a designer, but they do not establish a specific movement, school, subject specialty, or named series. Collectors may encounter his works under the single name Fima as well as under transliterated forms of his personal name, so careful entity matching is important when reviewing auction listings and comparables.

Painting

Common works and media

The available identity sources support paintings as the clearest work type associated with Fima. They do not provide enough evidence to name recurring subjects, specific paint media, print editions, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or documented series. Auction objects should therefore be described from their individual catalog records rather than assigned a broader category from the artist name alone.

Market and appraisal context

Market review should begin by confirming that a lot catalogued simply as Fima refers to Efraim Reuytenberg rather than another person or use of the name. Variant spellings and the unresolved 1914/1916 birth year can complicate matching across auction and library records. The source pack confirms that Appraisily indexes public auction material for this artist, but it does not provide lot-level evidence about medium, dimensions, condition, provenance, signature, date, subject, or realized prices. Those details should be checked in the underlying catalog entry before choosing comparables. No price trend or prediction is supported here; comparable works should be selected only after identity and object characteristics are aligned.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings attributed to Fima

Value drivers

  1. Correctly matching the mononym Fima to Efraim Reuytenberg and his variant personal names
  2. Reconciling the conflicting 1914 and 1916 birth years when matching catalog and authority records
  3. Comparison with public auction records indexed for the correctly identified artist when detailed lot records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected pack contains no extracted lot-level descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, signatures, or sale dates.
  • The sources do not establish recurring subjects, specific painting techniques, editions, named series, or a documented movement.
  • The single-name identity Fima creates a material risk of matching records or images belonging to other people.
  • No price trend, scarcity conclusion, or value prediction is supported by the collected evidence.

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 Fima

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Fima 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 Fima artwork?

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