John Passmore Auction Prices and Value Guide

John Passmore auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 233 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

John Passmore auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
John Passmore
Source records
233
Market update
2026-02-16

John Passmore market snapshot

John Passmore shows deep auction liquidity with 159 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $5,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 48 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-18.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (7.0% · 7 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (66.0% · 66 sales)
  • $10,000+ (27.0% · 27 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$3,500
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
48
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-18

Artist context

About John Passmore

John Passmore portrait
Uncredited photographer · Public domain · Source

Born

1904

Died

1984

Nationality

Australian

Also known as

John Richard Passmore

John Passmore (1904–1984), also identified as John Richard Passmore, was an Australian painter. Public authority data establishes his identity and life years, while the collected biographical material describes Australian training followed by an extended period in England and a later return to Australia, where he taught. The source pack places him within abstract painting, although its terminology is inconsistent: the English biography calls him an abstract impressionist, while the German biography associates him with Abstract Expressionism. Appraisily therefore treats the broader abstract-art context as better established and the narrower movement label as provisional. Collectors may encounter Passmore through paintings attributed to him and through auction records indexed under his name. Because several authority services were rate-limited during collection, this profile emphasizes supported identity facts and avoids adding unverified subjects, named series, or detailed stylistic claims.

Abstract artAbstract ImpressionismPainting

Common works and media

The collected sources identify Passmore as a painter and associate him broadly with abstract art. Paintings are therefore the only well-supported common work type in this profile. The source pack does not establish particular supports, painting techniques, recurring subjects, print editions, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, posters, or named series. Individual auction entries should be evaluated from their own cataloguing rather than assigned to a medium, subject, or series by assumption.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work catalogued as John Passmore should begin with a secure identity and attribution match to the Australian painter who lived from 1904 to 1984. The Appraisily input associates 233 auction records with this artist page, creating a potential pool of comparable public sales. Useful comparisons should be selected from records with sufficiently detailed cataloguing and should consider the stated work type, sale date, realized price, and the strength of the attribution. The present research pack does not include the underlying lot descriptions or results, so it cannot support a price trend or prediction. The conflicting narrow movement labels should also be treated as contextual information rather than used alone to select comparable works.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Identity and attribution should be checked against Passmore's authority records because his name must be distinguished from other people named John Passmore.
  2. Comparable public auction records, including catalogued work type, sale date, and realized price when available, provide the appropriate basis for market comparison.

Appraisal caveats

  • The source input reports 233 records associated with the public Appraisily artist page, but the collected pack does not expose individual lot descriptions, sale results, or record-level attribution evidence.
  • No price trend, market direction, or scarcity conclusion can be supported from this source pack.
  • The collected biographies disagree on the narrower movement label, using Abstract Impressionism in English and Abstract Expressionism in German.

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 John Passmore

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Artist value FAQ

How much is John Passmore 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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