Justin McCarthy Auction Prices and Value Guide

Justin McCarthy auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 698 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Justin McCarthy auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Justin McCarthy
Source records
698
Market update
2026-02-06

Justin McCarthy market snapshot

Justin McCarthy shows very deep auction liquidity with 516 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $275. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 79 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-03.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (87.6% · 305 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (12.1% · 42 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.3% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$150
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
79
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-02-03

Artist context

About Justin McCarthy

Born

1891

Died

1977

Nationality

American

Justin McCarthy (1891–1977) was a self-taught American painter associated in authority records with naive art. Published descriptions identify both paintings and drawings within his output. Titles indexed through VIAF indicate a broad figurative world that included Christian narratives, animals, fashion, family groups, cavalry, and popular entertainment such as the Ice Capades. This range helps explain why collectors may encounter his work in painting and works-on-paper categories rather than under one narrowly defined subject. Collection information summarized in the available source pack connects McCarthy with institutions including the American Folk Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Smithsonian American Art Museum. Because several other historical figures share his name, dependable identification should use his life dates and authority identifiers: Wikidata Q18153791, VIAF 13740964, and Getty ULAN 500126038.

Naive artPaintingDrawingChristian and biblical imageryAnimalsFashion and figuresFamily and group scenes

Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings and drawings attributed to McCarthy. Indexed titles point to figurative and narrative works involving biblical episodes, animals, fashion, families, military or equestrian activity, and popular entertainment. The source pack does not establish common editioned prints, sculptures, ceramics, or posters.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Justin McCarthy should begin with identity resolution because the name belongs to several unrelated historical people. Once the artist is securely matched, comparisons should distinguish paintings from drawings and account for the depicted subject. The available authority index records religious scenes, animals, fashion figures, family groups, cavalry, and entertainment imagery, so a broadly similar title alone is not enough to establish a useful comparison. Appraisily's input associates 698 auction records with the name, but the collected source pack does not provide lot-level descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, condition information, or provenance. Any valuation therefore requires review of the underlying records and comparison with genuinely like-for-like works.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Drawings and works on paper

Value drivers

  1. A secure match to the artist's authority records and life dates
  2. Work type, particularly whether the object is a painting or drawing
  3. Subject and iconography, including religious scenes, animals, figures, military subjects, and entertainment imagery

Appraisal caveats

  • The supplied Appraisily input associates 698 auction records with this name, but the collected pack contains no lot-level descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, or comparable-sale details with which to audit that count.
  • Justin McCarthy is shared by several historical people, so name-only auction matches and portrait matches require identity verification.
  • The source pack does not support a price trend, scarcity claim, or price prediction.

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 Justin McCarthy

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Artist value FAQ

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