Gary Benfield Auction Prices and Value Guide

Gary Benfield auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 2,400 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Gary Benfield auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Gary Benfield
Source records
2,400
Market update
2026-02-06

Gary Benfield market snapshot

Gary Benfield shows deep auction liquidity with 251 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $90. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 20 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-11.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (97.8% · 87 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (2.2% · 2 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$30
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
20
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-11

Artist context

About Gary Benfield

Nationality

British

Gary Benfield is identified in Wikidata as a British painter. The limited public biography collected for this page also describes studies at Stourbridge College of Art and Wrexham College of Art, followed by freelance illustration from 1986 and studio-based painting in London. Because that education and career chronology currently rests on a single Wikipedia-language biography, it should be treated as provisional rather than as a fully documented curriculum vitae. No museum, artist estate, university, catalogue raisonné, or major reference biography was present in the collected source pack, and no well-supported movement or school could be assigned. Collectors are most likely to encounter Benfield through the secondary market: Appraisily's matched records place his name across paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture or mixed media, and decorative editions. Those labels are broad, so each work still requires direct examination for medium, date, authorship, edition status, and condition.

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Common works and media

The collected market page groups Gary Benfield results under fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. These are auction-index categories rather than a verified catalogue of the artist's complete output. For appraisal purposes, a submitted work should therefore be identified from its physical characteristics, including support, technique, dimensions, signature, inscriptions, edition numbering, and any labels or provenance documents.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's market index contains matched public auction records for Gary Benfield across several broad categories. These records can help establish a comparison set, but they should not be read as a price prediction for an unidentified work. A useful appraisal comparison should align as closely as possible on medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, signature or inscriptions, edition status, provenance, and attribution confidence. Sale date and the reporting of buyer premiums or fees also matter when comparing realized prices. Private transactions and incomplete auction feeds may not appear in the dataset, while later attribution or condition findings can change how relevant an older result is.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture and mixed media
  • Decorative art and editions

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and the work's place 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. Comparable public auction sales involving similar works
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are a starting point rather than a final appraisal, and private sales or incomplete feeds may be absent. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/gary-benfield/
  • Reported results may differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees, so comparisons should use consistent price definitions. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/gary-benfield/
  • Condition, authentication, and attribution changes can materially affect the relevance of recorded comparables. Source: https://appraisily.com/artist/gary-benfield/

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 Gary Benfield

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Gary Benfield 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 Gary Benfield artwork?

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