Hans Fronius Auction Prices and Value Guide
Hans Fronius auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 177 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Hans Fronius auction prices: quick answer
Hans Fronius auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Hans Fronius
- Source records
- 177
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Hans Fronius market snapshot
Hans Fronius shows solid auction liquidity with 145 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $275. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-25.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (89.3% · 67 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (10.7% · 8 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $140
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 14
- Median shift vs prior year
- +27.3%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-25
Artist context
About Hans Fronius
Born
1903
Died
1988
Nationality
Austrian
Hans Fronius (1903–1988) was an Austrian painter and illustrator, also described in German-language reference material as a graphic artist. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and national-library networks distinguish him as a documented person and support consistent entity matching. His public profile spans painting, graphic art, drawing, and book illustration rather than one movement established by the collected evidence. A concrete example is the 1946 Kafka-Mappe, an illustrated-book portfolio of drawings related to Franz Kafka's writings. Collectors may therefore encounter Fronius through standalone paintings and works on paper as well as literary illustration and portfolio material. Appraisily's artist page currently aggregates 177 auction records under his public identity, but the available sources do not provide enough detail to characterize price trends or rank individual subjects and formats. The collected evidence also does not establish a specific artistic movement.
PaintingGraphic artDrawing and book illustrationLiterary subjects connected to the writings of Franz Kafka
Common works and media
Documented work types include paintings, graphic art, illustrations, and drawings. The 1946 Kafka-Mappe shows Fronius working in an illustrated-book or portfolio format connected to Franz Kafka's texts. These sources support describing a range that includes standalone visual works and literary illustration, but they do not establish how frequently each category appears at auction or whether prints were issued in particular editions.
Market and appraisal context
Market research for Fronius should begin by separating paintings from graphic works, drawings, and illustrated-book or portfolio material. The documented Kafka-Mappe provides one identifiable literary context, but the source pack does not show whether Kafka-related works trade more often or at higher levels than other subjects. Comparable analysis should therefore stay within the same work type and documented series context when possible. The collected Appraisily signal confirms an auction-record set, yet it does not expose lot-level realized prices, dimensions, condition, edition information, provenance, or attribution notes here. Those gaps prevent a defensible price trend or value range in this profile and should be resolved from the underlying sale records during an appraisal.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Value drivers
- Compare works within the same documented type, separating paintings from graphic works, drawings, and illustrated-book material.
- For Kafka-related material, establish whether the work has a documented relationship to the 1946 Kafka-Mappe before selecting comparable records.
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not expose lot-level realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, edition statements, provenance, or attribution notes.
- The auction-record count alone does not support a price trend, value range, category-frequency claim, or ranking of subjects and formats.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Bibliothèque nationale de France library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Wikipedia wikipedia
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 Hans Fronius 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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