John Bellany Auction Prices and Value Guide

John Bellany auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 2,189 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

John Bellany auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
John Bellany
Source records
2,189
Market update
2026-02-06

John Bellany market snapshot

John Bellany shows deep auction liquidity with 296 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,650. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 14 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-14.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (31.8% · 69 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (62.2% · 135 sales)
  • $10,000+ (6.0% · 13 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$150
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
14
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-14

Artist context

About John Bellany

Born

1942

Died

2013

Nationality

Scottish

Also known as

Bellany, John

John Bellany (1942–2013) was a Scottish painter whose identity is consistently represented across Wikidata, VIAF, IdRef, Getty ULAN, Tate, and MoMA records. The authority files establish his life dates and Scottish identification, while Tate and MoMA provide stable museum-level artist profiles. In auction and appraisal settings, Bellany is therefore best approached first as a documented painter with a well-resolved public entity, reducing the risk of confusion with similarly named makers. Collectors may encounter his paintings in secondary-market records as well as through institutional collection research. This source pack does not provide enough reliable detail to assign him a particular movement, recurring subject group, named series, or broader range of media, so those points should be checked against individual works and stronger cataloguing before publication. Appraisily can connect this secure identity foundation with auction records without overstating unsupported stylistic claims.

Painting

Common works and media

The collected sources securely identify Bellany as a painter, so paintings are the principal work type this profile can name with confidence. The pack does not establish specific paint types, supports, recurring subjects, named series, or the frequency of drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or editions. Those characteristics should be taken from the individual object, museum cataloguing, or a documented auction entry rather than inferred from the artist's name alone.

Market and appraisal context

The source pack includes an Appraisily auction-price page but no public lot-level excerpts, so it supports only a cautious market summary. Begin by confirming that a work is correctly attributed to the documented John Bellany, then compare it with records matching the relevant work type and available sale context. The supplied evidence does not establish artist-specific premiums for condition, dimensions, provenance, date, subject, or edition status; each must be verified in the individual catalogue entry. Realized prices, sale dates, auction-house descriptions, and comparable lots can inform an appraisal when those records are available, but they should not be treated as a prediction of a future sale. Conclusions remain provisional until the object and relevant records are reviewed.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Alignment of the attribution with the documented John Bellany identity
  2. Comparable public auction records and realized prices when relevant lot data are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not contain lot-level excerpts establishing artist-specific effects for condition, dimensions, provenance, date, subject, or edition status.
  • Individual auction records and the physical object must be reviewed before drawing valuation conclusions.
  • The source pack does not support a price forecast or an artist-wide market-trend claim.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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Artist value FAQ

How much is John Bellany 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 John Bellany artwork?

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