Kevin Sharkey Auction Prices and Value Guide
Kevin Sharkey auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 170 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Kevin Sharkey auction prices: quick answer
Kevin Sharkey auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Kevin Sharkey
- Source records
- 170
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Kevin Sharkey market snapshot
Kevin Sharkey shows deep auction liquidity with 157 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-16.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (90.8% · 129 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (9.2% · 13 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $550
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 2
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-09-16
Artist context
About Kevin Sharkey
Nationality
Irish
Kevin Sharkey is an Irish artist who has also been publicly described as a political activist and former television presenter and actor. The available structured entity record identifies him as an Irish artist, while Wikipedia supplies the broader career description. The collected sources do not establish a birth date, formal training, movement affiliation, or named artistic series, so those details should not be inferred. In appraisal and auction settings, Sharkey's name appears in matched public records classified across fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. These classifications indicate the kinds of objects catalogued under his name, but they do not prove that every category is equally representative of his practice. Collectors should therefore match each object by medium, dimensions, date, signature or inscription, provenance, condition, and visual characteristics before treating another sale as a reliable comparable.
Painting
Common works and media
Painting is the only medium directly corroborated by a biographical source in the collected pack. Appraisily's auction classifications also place matched lots in works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Because the sources do not provide an object-level scholarly catalogue or catalogue raisonné, these broader categories should be treated as auction-index groupings rather than a definitive catalogue of Sharkey's practice. For appraisal, record the exact medium, support, dimensions, signature or inscriptions, edition number where relevant, date, condition, and provenance before selecting comparable lots.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily's collected market page reports a broad public-auction record for Kevin Sharkey, with results distributed across several categories. A useful appraisal should compare like with like rather than rely on a single median or overall range. Medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, subject matter, and recent comparable sales can all affect relevance. Reported prices may not be directly comparable when buyer premiums, fees, currencies, lot composition, or incomplete feeds differ, and private transactions may be absent. The strongest approach is to verify authorship and physical condition, identify closely related works, and use public auction results as supporting evidence rather than as a final appraisal.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Fine art and paintings
- Works on paper and prints
- Sculpture and mixed media
- Decorative art and editions
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Recent comparable public auction sales for similar works
- Subject matter, rarity, and current demand
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records are a starting point rather than a final appraisal.
- Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, and later attribution changes may not be represented.
- Reported results may include buyer premiums or fees, so comparable prices should be normalized where possible.
- Authentication and physical condition can materially affect an individual object's appraisal.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- 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 Kevin Sharkey 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 Kevin Sharkey artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.