Herbert Davis Richter Auction Prices and Value Guide
Herbert Davis Richter auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 250 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Herbert Davis Richter auction prices: quick answer
Herbert Davis Richter auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Herbert Davis Richter
- Source records
- 250
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Herbert Davis Richter market snapshot
Herbert Davis Richter shows solid auction liquidity with 115 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $900. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-16.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (53.7% · 36 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (44.8% · 30 sales)
- $10,000+ (1.5% · 1 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,300
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 2
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-10-16
Artist context
About Herbert Davis Richter
Born
1874
Died
1955
Nationality
British
Herbert Davis Richter (1874–1955) is identified in the collected authority data as a British painter. His identity is connected to stable records maintained by Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, the German National Library, RKDartists, and Art UK. These links help distinguish the painter across museum, library, and art-market datasets. The available source pack does not provide enough substantive biographical material to establish his training, exhibition history, movement affiliations, preferred subjects, or named bodies of work. Appraisily therefore presents a deliberately concise profile: Richter was a British painter whose identity is represented across several international authority systems and an auction-price directory. Collectors may encounter works attributed to him in painting-related auction contexts, but any richer stylistic or biographical description requires additional institution-grade documentation.
Painting
Common works and media
Painting is the only work type supported by the collected identity evidence. The source pack does not substantiate specific painting media, recurring subjects, named series, drawings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, posters, or editioned works. Those classifications should be added only when object-level museum or auction-house records can document them.
Market and appraisal context
The collected evidence supports an identity-led market summary rather than a price conclusion. The first step is confirming that an attribution refers to the British painter represented by the linked authority records. Appraisily’s artist page indicates an auction-record context, but that page was rate-limited during collection, and no major-auction-house catalogue entry was successfully fetched. The pack therefore does not establish price levels, trends, scarcity, or the relative market importance of particular subjects. When underlying records are available, an appraisal should examine the complete lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, images, and genuinely comparable works before reaching a value conclusion.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Verification that the attribution refers to the painter represented by the linked authority records
- Comparison with documented public auction records when underlying lot information is available
Appraisal caveats
- No major-auction-house biography or object-level catalogue entry was successfully collected.
- The Appraisily artist page was rate-limited during collection, so its underlying lots, sale dates, realized prices, and auction categories could not be verified from the fetched content.
- The source pack does not support a price range, market trend, preferred subject, named series, or movement affiliation.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek 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 Herbert Davis Richter 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 Herbert Davis Richter artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.