Francisco Smith Auction Prices and Value Guide
Francisco Smith auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 273 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Francisco Smith auction prices: quick answer
Francisco Smith auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Francisco Smith
- Source records
- 273
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Francisco Smith market snapshot
Francisco Smith shows developing auction liquidity with 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-03-24.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (85.7% · 12 sales)
- $10,000+ (14.3% · 2 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $4,500
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-03-24
Artist context
About Francisco Smith
Born
1881
Died
1961
Nationality
Portuguese, French
Also known as
Francis Smith
Francisco Smith (1881–1961), also catalogued as Francis Smith, was a Lisbon-born artist who established himself in Paris. Authority records identify him as a painter and draughtsman and also document activity as an engraver and lithographer. He is described as Portuguese and later French, a national context that helps explain why records may appear under different forms of his name and in both Portuguese- and French-language catalogues. Collectors may encounter Smith through paintings, drawings, lithographs, and other prints rather than through a single well-documented movement or named series. The available public authority sources are strong on identity, dates, name variants, working media, and his connection to Paris, but the collected source pack does not provide a museum biography or a supported movement classification. Appraisily therefore uses his authority identity and documented techniques as the firm basis for matching auction records while leaving stylistic, subject, and series attributions to evidence from each individual work.
PaintingDrawingEngravingLithography
Common works and media
Authority data supports paintings and drawings, together with engraved and lithographic works. The collected sources do not establish recurring subjects, named series, or edition formats, so those details should be taken from the object and its catalogue record rather than inferred.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should first confirm whether a work is catalogued under Francisco Smith or Francis Smith, because authority files use both forms. It should then distinguish the documented work type and technique—painting, drawing, engraving, or lithography—before selecting comparable records. The Appraisily page indicates an auction-record corpus for the artist, but this source pack does not expose individual lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, category breakdowns, condition notes, or edition information. Those record-level fields should therefore be checked directly before a valuation conclusion is made, and comparisons should not mix paintings with drawings or prints. The evidence collected here supports identity matching and medium-based grouping; it does not support a price trend, scarcity claim, or forecast.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Drawings and other works on paper
- Prints, including engravings and lithographs
Value drivers
- Correct creator identification across the names Francisco Smith and Francis Smith
- Work type and technique, distinguishing paintings, drawings, engravings, and lithographs
- Comparable public auction records examined at lot level when sale dates, realized prices, and descriptions are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not include detailed major-auction-house biographies or individual lot descriptions.
- No category breakdown, price history, scarcity evidence, or market trend can be established from the collected excerpts.
- Recurring subjects, named series, edition formats, and artist-specific condition considerations are not documented in the collected sources.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- IdRef library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Bibliothèque nationale de France library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
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.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Francisco Smith 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 Francisco Smith artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.