Ian Houston Auction Prices and Value Guide
Ian Houston auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 268 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Ian Houston auction prices: quick answer
Ian Houston auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Ian Houston
- Source records
- 268
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Ian Houston market snapshot
Ian Houston shows deep auction liquidity with 152 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-03-25.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (71.6% · 73 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (28.4% · 29 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $800
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-03-25
Artist context
About Ian Houston
Nationality
British
Ian Houston is identified by Wikidata as a British painter and is connected to established authority records including Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, ISNI, RKDartists and Art UK. These identifiers are especially useful because the name is not unique and the biographical material available in the collected sources is limited. Art UK’s public identifier suggests a 1934 birth year, but its underlying page could not be reviewed in the source pack, so that detail remains unconfirmed. Collectors are most likely to encounter Houston through paintings and auction listings attributed to him. For cataloguing and appraisal, the authority links provide the strongest current basis for matching a work or sale record to the correct British artist. His precise dates, training, exhibitions, recurring subjects and stylistic affiliations require stronger published documentation before they can be stated confidently.
Painting
Common works and media
The collected evidence supports paintings as the only safely stated work type for Ian Houston. It does not substantiate recurring subjects, named series, print editions, sculpture, ceramics, drawings or posters. A purported work should therefore be catalogued from direct evidence rather than assigned a medium, period or subject category merely from the artist’s occupation. Lot-level auction descriptions may broaden this picture when they can be reviewed.
Market and appraisal context
Market review should begin by confirming that a work is attributed to the same Ian Houston identified by the British-artist authority records. Appraisily’s public artist record indicates an associated body of auction data, but the collected response did not expose individual lot descriptions, sale dates or realized prices. No reliable price trend can therefore be inferred here. A defensible comparison should use public sales confidently assigned to the authority-linked painter and should compare like with like. Work type and documented attribution are the only factors directly supported by this source pack; date, support, dimensions, condition, provenance, subject and attribution qualifiers should be weighed only when they are documented in the relevant object and comparable-sale records.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Correct artist identity and attribution to the authority-linked British painter
- Comparable public auction records confidently assigned to the same artist
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not expose lot-level descriptions, realized prices, sale dates, conditions, dimensions, provenance, subjects, or attribution qualifiers.
- No evidence-based price trend or ranking of subjects, periods, or media can be stated from this source pack.
- The name is potentially ambiguous, so auction records should be matched against the authority-linked British painter before comparison.
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
- ISNI 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 Ian Houston 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 Ian Houston artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.