Jim Malone Auction Prices and Value Guide

Jim Malone auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 235 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Jim Malone auction prices: quick answer

Jim Malone auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Jim Malone
Source records
235
Market update
2026-02-06

Jim Malone market snapshot

Jim Malone shows solid auction liquidity with 135 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $100. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 47 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-21.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (100.0% · 125 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$130
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
47
Median shift vs prior year
+44.4%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-21

Artist context

About Jim Malone

Jim Malone is an unresolved artist identity in the available public-source pack. Two collection-object records credit a Jim Malone with thrown studio ceramics: an incised jug and a glazed bowl associated with the W.A. Ismay Studio Ceramics Collection at York Art Gallery. These objects provide useful evidence for a ceramics context, but the pack does not contain an institutional biography, reliable life dates, nationality, or a confirmed movement affiliation. The Appraisily market index also matches the name across several broad auction categories, including paintings, works on paper, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. That diversity may reflect incomplete cataloguing or records belonging to multiple people with the same name. Collectors should therefore identify a work through its medium, construction, signature or inscriptions, provenance, date, and auction-house description rather than relying on the artist name alone. Biographical claims should remain provisional until an authoritative artist or museum profile is located.

Studio ceramicsThrown and glazed potteryFunctional vessels, including jugs and bowls

Common works and media

The clearest documented objects in the source pack are thrown studio-pottery vessels: an incised jug with ash-clay, ochre, and nuka surface treatments, and a footed bowl with brown and green glaze. The auction index also places the name in broader categories covering paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. Because no authoritative biography connects all of those categories to one person, each work should be assessed individually and category matches should not be assumed to share the same maker.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's current index contains 158 matched auction records for Jim Malone, including 148 priced records spanning 2008 through 2026. The observed results run from $30 to $850, but these figures should not be treated as a single coherent market until the creator represented by each lot is verified. For appraisal, compare works with the same medium, dimensions, date, subject, construction, condition, and attribution status. Signatures, inscriptions, edition information, restoration, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references can also affect comparability. Public realized prices may be reported under different fee conventions, while private sales and revised attributions may be absent. A defensible valuation should use closely matched lots and resolve any same-name ambiguity first.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture and mixed media
  • Decorative art and editions

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and period
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Recent public auction results for closely comparable works
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current demand

Appraisal caveats

  • The broad mix of matched auction categories may contain records for more than one person named Jim Malone.
  • Public auction records are an appraisal starting point and may omit private sales, incomplete feeds, fees, or later attribution changes.
  • Authentication, condition, provenance, and a secure identification of the maker can materially affect a work's appraisal.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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 Jim Malone

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Jim Malone 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 Jim Malone artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.