Henry Varnum Poor Auction Prices and Value Guide

Henry Varnum Poor auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 169 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Henry Varnum Poor auction prices: quick answer

Henry Varnum Poor auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Henry Varnum Poor
Source records
169
Market update
2026-02-16

Henry Varnum Poor market snapshot

Henry Varnum Poor shows solid auction liquidity with 102 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-29.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (54.9% · 45 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (42.7% · 35 sales)
  • $10,000+ (2.4% · 2 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,500
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
7
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-29

Artist context

About Henry Varnum Poor

Died

1970

Nationality

American

Also known as

Poor, Henry Varnum

Henry Varnum Poor was an American multidisciplinary artist and designer whose practice encompassed painting, pottery, architecture, sculpture, murals, and illustration. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on objects from substantially different categories rather than within a single medium. Public authority records identify the same artist through Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, Library of Congress, and MoMA profiles, helping separate his work from similarly named people. The collected sources agree that he died in 1970, although they conflict over whether he was born in 1887 or 1888; the exact birth year is therefore left unresolved here. Poor's varied professional roles are central to understanding his identity. A ceramic object, painting, sculptural work, or mural-related study attributed to him should be assessed according to the conventions of its particular medium, with documentation and comparison to securely identified examples carrying more weight than a name match alone.

PaintingPottery and ceramicsSculptureMurals

Common works and media

Works associated with Poor may appear as paintings, pottery or other ceramics, sculpture, mural-related material, illustrations, and architectural or design material. The source pack does not identify recurring subjects, named series, edition practices, or a documented hierarchy among these categories. Classification should therefore follow the physical object and its evidence rather than assuming that every work bearing his name belongs to the same market segment.

Market and appraisal context

Henry Varnum Poor's multidisciplinary practice makes category-specific comparison especially important. A painting should ordinarily be compared with relevant paintings, while pottery or ceramic objects require comparables that reflect the same type of material and format. Secure attribution also matters because authority sources use variant birth years and the artist shared his name with another historically notable person. Appraisal should begin with the object's medium, authorship evidence, dimensions, date, condition, provenance, and any marks or labels, then examine appropriately similar public sales. The collected pack confirms an auction-record context on Appraisily but supplies no accessible major-auction-house lot narratives, so it does not justify price forecasts, claims of market momentum, or conclusions about record values.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Pottery and ceramics
  • Sculpture and mural-related works

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium, particularly the distinction among paintings, pottery or ceramics, sculpture, and mural-related material
  2. Secure attribution to Henry Varnum Poor, supported by signatures, documentation, and comparison with the correct authority identity
  3. Comparable public auction records within the same work category, including sale date and realized price when available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house lot descriptions, so it does not support claims about price trends, record prices, scarcity, or category-specific demand.
  • The available sources do not establish how condition, provenance, dimensions, date, subject, or edition status affect this artist's market; those factors require object-level evidence and relevant comparable sales.
  • Birth-year authorities conflict between 1887 and 1888, so chronology-dependent attribution should be checked against stronger documentary evidence.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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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 Henry Varnum Poor

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Henry Varnum Poor 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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