Jose Vives-Atsara Paintings: Sold Prices and Values

58 Jose Vives-Atsara auction results are recorded in Appraisily's auction index from 2001 to 2026. José Vives-Atsara (1919–2004), a Spanish-born San Antonio painter, is known for palette-knife Texas landscapes and the San Antonio missions.

What Jose Vives-Atsara works sell for

Of 49 priced Jose Vives-Atsara auction results, half sold between $1,500 and $3,750. The median was $2,500 and the highest $20,000. Size, subject, medium, condition and provenance explain most of the spread.

Auction results
58
Median price
$2,500
Middle half
$1,500 to $3,750
Highest recorded
$20,000
Latest sale
2026-05-02

Highest recorded Jose Vives-Atsara auction results

Work, as cataloguedAuction houseDatePrice
Title not recorded Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches 2016-02-15 $20,000
Title not recorded Lone Star Art Auction 2024-10-12 $12,000
Title not recorded Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches 2016-02-15 $7,500
"Sunset in Blanco, Texas," 1960, H.- 30 1/8 in., W.- 40 in., Framed H.- 37 1/4 in., W.- 47 in. (2 Pcs.) Crescent City Auction Gallery 2025-09-20 $7,040
"Barco en Reposo," 1963, H.- 30 in., W.- 40 in., Framed H.- 39 in., W.- 48 5/8 in. Crescent City Auction Gallery 2025-09-20 $7,040
Title not recorded Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches 2016-02-15 $5,000

Prices as reported by each auction house; some include the buyer's premium. Top results are the exception: compare your work with sales of similar size, subject and medium.

Artist context

About Jose Vives-Atsara

Born

1919

Died

2004

Nationality

Spanish, American

Also known as

Josep Vives-Atsarà

Jose Vives-Atsara was a Spanish-born painter associated with Vilafranca del Penedès in Catalonia and, after settling in San Antonio in 1956, with the Texas art community. Born in 1919, he began studying art as a child and later developed a long painting career that continued across Europe, Latin America, and the United States. He is also identified in Catalan cultural programming as Josep Vives-Atsarà. Collectors most often encounter his work through oil paintings offered in regional and national auction settings. Recorded lot descriptions point to both Catalan subjects and Texas scenes, reflecting the geographic worlds that shaped his life and collecting audience. Vives-Atsara died in 2004.

Oil paintingCatalan village scenesTexas landscapes

Common works and media

The available auction evidence principally identifies Vives-Atsara oil paintings. Recorded descriptions include a 1961 Catalan village subject and a Texas sunset scene, so landscapes and place-based compositions are relevant starting points when matching a work to auction comparables. For any painting attributed to him, document the front and reverse, signature, title or date, dimensions, medium, frame, labels, ownership history, and condition before selecting comparables.

Market and appraisal context

Auction records collected by Appraisily show an active secondary market for Jose Vives-Atsara, with oil paintings appearing repeatedly at auction. An appraisal should begin with the individual work rather than an artist-wide statistic: identify the exact subject, date, medium, dimensions, signature and any inscriptions, then compare it with public lots of similar scale and character. Condition, provenance, framing, attribution confidence, and the quality of the available sale comparables can affect a result materially. Recorded auction prices may include buyer premiums or fees differently across houses, and public results do not capture every private transaction.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Oil paintings

Value drivers

  1. Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can materially affect results for recorded auction comparables.
  2. Subject, date, dimensions, and the comparability of publicly recorded lots should be considered when assessing a work.

Appraisal caveats

  • Recorded auction results do not represent private transactions or every sale.
  • Reported prices may differ in their treatment of buyer premiums or fees.
  • The collected market summary has broad category labeling, so work-level descriptions and comparable lots should be reviewed for individual appraisals.

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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Recent sale records

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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 Jose Vives-Atsara

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