Julian Barrow Auction Prices and Value Guide
Julian Barrow auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 203 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Julian Barrow auction prices: quick answer
Julian Barrow auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Julian Barrow
- Source records
- 203
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Julian Barrow market snapshot
Julian Barrow shows solid auction liquidity with 114 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (69.7% · 62 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (29.2% · 26 sales)
- $10,000+ (1.1% · 1 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $600
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 6
- Median shift vs prior year
- +27.7%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-10
Artist context
About Julian Barrow
Born
1939
Died
2013
Nationality
British
Julian Barrow (1939–2013) was a British figurative painter whose identity is represented in Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, Library of Congress, Art UK, and other public authority systems. The collected biographical source describes him as born in Kirklinton, Cumberland, and as having initially worked in the restoration of old paintings at the National Gallery. He was also associated with the Chelsea Art Society and served as its president for many years. These details place Barrow within a traditional British figurative-painting context rather than documenting a formal avant-garde movement or named series. Collectors encounter his name through paintings and recurring secondary-market records: the supplied Appraisily input associates 203 auction records with this artist page. Because the source pack contains little work-level scholarship, individual objects should still be checked carefully against cataloguing, signatures, provenance, and comparable records before conclusions about authorship or market relevance are drawn.
Figurative artPainting
Common works and media
The available authority and biographical sources identify Julian Barrow primarily as a figurative painter. Paintings are therefore the best-supported work type for auction and appraisal classification. The collected material does not reliably identify recurring subjects, named series, print editions, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, or posters, so those categories should not be assigned to him without additional object-level or catalogue evidence.
Market and appraisal context
The collected data establishes a recurring auction presence for Julian Barrow and supports paintings as the principal category associated with his name. It does not, however, provide the lot-level descriptions, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, sale venues, sale dates, or realized prices needed to identify reliable market patterns. An appraisal should therefore begin by matching the object to the correct Julian Barrow authority identity and then compare it with genuinely similar, publicly documented painting lots. Broad price predictions, claims of rarity, and premiums for particular subjects or periods would exceed the evidence available in this source pack.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Correctly matching the work and artist to the Julian Barrow represented by the cited authority records
- Comparison with documented public auction records catalogued under Julian Barrow
- Work type and catalogued attribution as recorded for comparable painting lots
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not expose lot-level titles, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, sale dates, estimates, or realized prices.
- No price trend, subject premium, geographic premium, or scarcity conclusion can be supported from this source pack alone.
- The exact authorship and attribution of an individual object require object-level evidence and cannot be established from an artist authority record.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Art UK museum or university
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Julian Barrow 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 Julian Barrow artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.