Grace Carpenter Hudson Auction Prices and Value Guide
Grace Carpenter Hudson auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 154 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Grace Carpenter Hudson auction prices: quick answer
Grace Carpenter Hudson auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Grace Carpenter Hudson
- Source records
- 154
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Grace Carpenter Hudson market snapshot
Grace Carpenter Hudson shows solid auction liquidity with 120 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-06.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (10.2% · 9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (52.3% · 46 sales)
- $10,000+ (37.5% · 33 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $8,500
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 7
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-06
Artist context
About Grace Carpenter Hudson
Born
1865
Died
1937
Nationality
American
Also known as
Grace Hudson, Grace Carpenter
Grace Carpenter Hudson (1865–1937), also listed as Grace Hudson, was an American painter based in Northern California. She became nationally known during her lifetime for a numbered body of more than 684 portraits depicting members of local Pomo communities. The collected account places the beginning of this sequence after her marriage in 1891 and identifies 1935 as the year of her last completed work. Hudson is therefore encountered chiefly in the context of portrait painting, Northern California art, and historical representations of Pomo people. Collectors may find her work catalogued under either her full name or the shorter Grace Hudson form. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and the Library of Congress establish a consistent identity and lifespan. The present sources do not, however, justify assigning her to a particular named art movement or extending her documented practice to unsupported media.
PaintingPortrait paintingPortraits of members of Northern California Pomo communities
Common works and media
The collected sources most clearly document paintings, especially numbered portraits of members of local Pomo communities. They do not establish a broader recurring market in Hudson prints, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or editions, so objects in those categories require separate authorship and medium research.
Market and appraisal context
The source pack establishes Hudson's identity and portrait practice but does not provide accessible lot descriptions, realized prices, or comparable-sale details. Artist-specific appraisal research should begin by determining whether a work can be connected to her numbered portrait series, whether a work number or date is documented, and whether the depicted sitter and Pomo community context can be identified responsibly. Those features can help researchers select genuinely comparable works, but the collected evidence does not demonstrate that any single feature creates a market premium. Price trends and valuation ranges should be assessed only from verified public sales matched by work type, subject, documented series relationship, and sale date.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Portrait paintings
Value drivers
- Documented connection to Hudson's numbered portrait series when selecting comparable works
- Presence of a documented work number or date that helps place a portrait within the known sequence
- Responsible identification of the depicted sitter and the work's Pomo community context
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house biography or lot-level sale evidence.
- The Appraisily artist page request was rate-limited, so its underlying records, realized prices, sale dates, and lot descriptions could not be evaluated from this pack.
- The available evidence does not support claims about price trends, market premiums, record prices, or scarcity.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- VIAF library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Library of Congress library authority
- RKD library authority
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 Grace Carpenter Hudson 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.
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