Frank Weston Benson Auction Prices and Value Guide

Frank Weston Benson auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,993 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Frank Weston Benson auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Frank Weston Benson
Source records
1,993
Market update
2026-02-06

Frank Weston Benson market snapshot

Frank Weston Benson shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,068 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $738. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 22 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-30.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (60.8% · 540 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (31.4% · 279 sales)
  • $10,000+ (7.8% · 69 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$450
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
22
Median shift vs prior year
+12.5%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-30

Artist context

About Frank Weston Benson

Frank Weston Benson portrait
Smithsonian Institution from United States · Public domain · Source

Born

1862

Died

1951

Nationality

American

Also known as

Frank W. Benson, Benson, Frank W. (Frank Weston)

Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951), also widely identified as Frank W. Benson, was an American painter associated with Salem, Massachusetts. Collectors encounter his work in several connected areas: American Impressionist figure painting, realistic portraiture, watercolor, mural painting, and printmaking. His best-known pictorial subjects include figures outdoors, particularly scenes of his daughters at the family's Wooster Farm summer home on North Haven, Maine. Benson also developed a substantial body of wildfowl and landscape imagery in oil, watercolor, wash, and etching. His career began with commissioned portraits and included murals for the Library of Congress, while his later and parallel work in sporting and natural subjects broadened the range of objects now found in collections and at auction. Because that output spans unique paintings, works on paper, murals, and editioned prints, identifying the medium, date, subject, and exact form of a work is central to researching it accurately.

American ImpressionismRealismOil paintingWatercolorEtchingWashPortraitsOutdoor family figuresWildfowlLandscapes

Common works and media

Works encountered in appraisal and auction settings include oil paintings, watercolors, wash drawings, etchings, portraits, outdoor figure scenes, landscapes, and wildfowl subjects. His print market should be distinguished from his market for unique paintings and watercolors, with edition and impression details recorded wherever available. Collectors may also encounter documentation relating to his mural work and images connected with the Wooster Farm and North Haven family subjects.

Market and appraisal context

Frank Weston Benson's auction market includes paintings, watercolors, works on paper, and prints, so broad artist-level price summaries should not be applied to every object. An appraisal should compare the work with public sales sharing its medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, and attribution status. For an etching, the edition, impression quality, paper, inscriptions, and condition may be especially relevant; for a painting, surface quality, restoration, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references warrant close review. Subject matter and rarity can also affect comparability. Public auction records provide useful evidence, but private transactions, incomplete feeds, fee reporting, and later attribution changes can limit direct comparisons.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Etchings

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, rarity, and current demand
  6. Comparable public auction results for works of similar type, medium, size, date, condition, and attribution

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are an appraisal starting point rather than a final valuation.
  • Reported results may differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees, so comparisons should use consistent price definitions.
  • Private transactions, incomplete auction feeds, restoration, and later attribution changes may not be reflected in public records.
  • Authentication and direct condition inspection may materially change an appraisal conclusion.

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 Frank Weston Benson

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Frank Weston Benson 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 Weston Benson artwork?

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