Gladys MacCabe Auction Prices and Value Guide
Gladys MacCabe auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 618 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Gladys MacCabe auction prices: quick answer
Gladys MacCabe auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Gladys MacCabe
- Source records
- 618
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Gladys MacCabe market snapshot
Gladys MacCabe shows developing auction liquidity with 35 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $850. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-12-06.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (54.5% · 12 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (45.5% · 10 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
- 2023-12-06
Artist context
About Gladys MacCabe
Born
1918
Died
2018
Nationality
British
Also known as
Gladys Maccabe
Gladys MacCabe (1918–2018) was a British artist associated in biographical sources with Northern Ireland. She also worked as a journalist and founded the Ulster Society of Women Artists, placing her identity within both visual-art practice and the region’s professional cultural life. Authority records distinguish her through dedicated Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Art UK entries; the spelling “Gladys Maccabe” also appears in public references. These linked profiles are useful for separating her work from similarly named artists and reconciling variations in auction catalogues. Collectors may encounter her name through public auction records and institutional artist indexes. The collected evidence establishes her identity and lifespan more securely than it establishes a specific movement, medium, subject specialty, or named series. Appraisily therefore presents those narrower classifications cautiously and does not assign a stylistic school or body of work that the available public source pack does not document.
Common works and media
The collected sources identify MacCabe as an artist but do not specify the paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, editions, subjects, or named series most commonly associated with her auction market. Work-type and medium classifications should therefore be taken from the object itself and from documented catalogue records rather than inferred from this identity pack.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal of a work offered under MacCabe’s name should begin with careful identity and attribution checks, including the documented MacCabe and Maccabe spelling variants. When public auction records are available, the most useful comparisons are closely related lots rather than an artist-wide average. Sale date, realized price, auction-house description, medium, dimensions, condition, provenance, subject, date of creation, and edition information should be compared only when those details are documented for the object and the reference lots. The collected source pack confirms an auction-record context but does not provide enough object-level evidence to support a price forecast, market trend, or valuation range. Those conclusions require examination of the specific work and relevant comparable sales.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Value drivers
- Exact artist attribution and reconciliation of the MacCabe and Maccabe name forms
- Comparable public auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and closely related lots when records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not document the media, dimensions, condition, provenance, edition status, subjects, or individual auction results of specific works.
- No price trend or valuation range can be supported from the collected excerpts alone.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Art UK museum or university
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Gladys MacCabe 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 Gladys MacCabe artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.