Frank Nelson Wilcox Auction Prices and Value Guide

Frank Nelson Wilcox auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 243 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Frank Nelson Wilcox auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Frank Nelson Wilcox
Source records
243
Market update
2026-02-16

Frank Nelson Wilcox market snapshot

Frank Nelson Wilcox shows solid auction liquidity with 66 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $475. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-07-20.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (78.9% · 45 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (21.1% · 12 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2024-07-20

Artist context

About Frank Nelson Wilcox

Frank Nelson Wilcox portrait
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Born

1887

Died

1964

Nationality

American

Also known as

Frank N. Wilcox

Frank Nelson Wilcox (1887–1964), also cataloged as Frank N. Wilcox, was an American modernist artist associated with Cleveland’s regional art history. Public reference sources identify watercolor as a particularly important part of his practice and connect him with the Cleveland School of painters. Wilcox is sometimes called the school’s “dean,” but the collected evidence notes that the same honorific has also been applied to other Cleveland artists; the broader regional association is therefore more dependable for identification. Collectors may encounter works cataloged under either his full name or the abbreviated form Frank N. Wilcox. Stable identifiers maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, GND, ISNI, and RKD can help distinguish him from similarly named people. These identity records provide a useful starting point when examining signatures, inscriptions, exhibition references, or earlier catalog descriptions connected with a possible Wilcox work.

American modernismCleveland School of paintersWatercolor

Common works and media

Watercolor paintings are the clearest documented type of work associated with Frank Nelson Wilcox in the collected sources. The pack does not provide sufficiently detailed evidence to characterize recurring subjects, named series, editions, or additional media, so those aspects should be established from the individual object and verified catalog or auction records.

Market and appraisal context

Wilcox’s documented reputation as a watercolor specialist makes medium and work type the clearest supported starting points for market comparison. A watercolor should be compared with verified Wilcox watercolors rather than unrelated objects or works in a different medium. The collected source pack does not provide readable individual auction lots, so it cannot support conclusions about price direction, record results, scarcity, or premiums for particular subjects. A responsible appraisal should rely on object-specific evidence and comparable public sales whose artist attribution and medium can be checked. Authority profiles can help confirm that a catalog record refers to the correct Frank Nelson Wilcox, but they do not establish the authenticity or market value of an individual work.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Watercolor paintings

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type, especially comparison of watercolors with other Wilcox watercolors
  2. Verified comparable public auction records attributed to the same artist, using documented sale information when available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no readable lot-level auction descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or subject classifications.
  • The available evidence does not support claims about price trends, record prices, scarcity, or subject premiums.
  • Authority identifiers help resolve the artist's identity but do not authenticate or attribute an individual object.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin 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 Frank Nelson Wilcox

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Frank Nelson Wilcox 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 Frank Nelson Wilcox artwork?

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