Harold Altman Auction Prices and Value Guide
Harold Altman auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 984 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Harold Altman auction prices: quick answer
Harold Altman auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Harold Altman
- Source records
- 984
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Harold Altman market snapshot
Harold Altman shows very deep auction liquidity with 575 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 46 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-15.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (99.7% · 354 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.3% · 1 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $90
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 46
- Median shift vs prior year
- +20.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-02-15
Artist context
About Harold Altman
Born
1924
Died
2003
Nationality
American
Harold Altman (1924–2003) was an American artist whose identity is consistently represented in international museum and library authority systems, including Getty ULAN and VIAF. The catalog information collected here documents prints as an important part of his public record. Listed titles point to recurring observations of trees, seasonal change, children, conversation, market activity, chairs, and fragments of city life. These subjects help explain why collectors may encounter Altman through graphic works depicting landscapes, urban spaces, and figures in everyday settings. Stable institutional records also connect his name with profiles maintained by the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Library of Congress. The present source pack does not provide enough biographical or scholarly evidence to assign Altman to a specific movement, describe his training, or reconstruct distinct career periods, so those details are intentionally left open rather than inferred.
PrintsTrees and seasonal landscapesFigures in everyday settingsUrban scenesMarkets and social activity
Common works and media
The clearest documented category is prints. VIAF-linked catalog entries include titles concerning yellow trees, a child with chairs, falling leaves, city fragments, conversation, market activity, and a December day. Together, these records suggest that collectors may encounter Altman prints featuring trees and seasonal landscapes, urban observations, and figures engaged in ordinary social settings. The source pack does not establish specific printmaking techniques, edition formats, or a complete list of his media.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily's artist-page input indicates a substantial auction-record footprint for Harold Altman, while the authority evidence identifies prints as a documented work type. This source pack does not contain individual sale results, edition sizes, technique descriptions, condition reports, signature guidance, provenance histories, or evidence of price trends. An appraisal should therefore begin by identifying the particular object and matching it, where possible, to a documented title and the most comparable public auction records. Sale date, realized price, work type, and lot-level similarities should be evaluated from the underlying records rather than inferred from the artist's name alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Prints and multiples
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not include sale-level results, realized prices, edition details, condition reports, or a major auction-house biography.
- The available authority record supports prints as a documented work type but does not establish every medium in which Altman worked.
- No price trend, scarcity claim, or artist-specific valuation rule can be supported from this source pack 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
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- 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 Harold Altman 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 Harold Altman artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.