Lafayette Maynard Dixon Auction Prices and Value Guide
Lafayette Maynard Dixon auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 594 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Lafayette Maynard Dixon auction prices: quick answer
Lafayette Maynard Dixon auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Lafayette Maynard Dixon
- Source records
- 594
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Lafayette Maynard Dixon market snapshot
Lafayette Maynard Dixon shows developing auction liquidity with 19 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,062. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-03-09.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (42.9% · 6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (57.1% · 8 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $0
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 0
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2023-03-09
Artist context
About Lafayette Maynard Dixon
Born
1875
Died
1946
Nationality
American
Also known as
Maynard Dixon
Lafayette Maynard Dixon (1875–1946), commonly known as Maynard Dixon, was an American painter and illustrator whose career centered on the American West. Public authority data identifies him as an American painter, while biographical sources describe a body of work devoted to Western and Southwestern places and communities. Collectors most often encounter landscapes and images involving Indigenous people, cowboys, and early settlers. His career crossed the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, so works attributed to him may appear in both historical American-art and Western-art contexts. The collected evidence does not establish a formal movement affiliation, and this profile therefore avoids assigning one. Dixon’s recognizable subject focus, combined with his output in painting and illustration, explains why records may be grouped differently across auction catalogues. Identity matching should use the full name Lafayette Maynard Dixon together with the widely used short form Maynard Dixon and established authority identifiers.
PaintingIllustrationAmerican WestWestern and Southwestern landscapesIndigenous people of North AmericaCowboys
Common works and media
Paintings and illustrations are the documented work types most relevant to this profile. Recurring subjects include the landscapes of the American West and Southwest, Indigenous people, cowboys, and early settlers. Auction descriptions may consequently place Dixon’s work under Western art, American landscape painting, portraiture, figural scenes, or illustration, depending on the individual object.
Market and appraisal context
For appraisal purposes, begin by identifying whether the object is a painting or an illustration and whether its subject is a Western landscape, Indigenous portrait or figure, cowboy scene, or settler-related image. Those distinctions help narrow relevant Appraisily auction records and comparable lots. When records are available, compare like with like and review sale date and realized price alongside the catalogue description. This source pack did not capture a major auction-house biography or direct guidance on condition, provenance, dimensions, date, signature, or attribution quality, so no unsupported price trend or market ranking is stated here. Object-specific evidence requires separate examination and should not be inferred solely from a subject match or an artist name attached to an auction record.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings of the American West
- Western landscape paintings
- Western figural scenes and portraits
- Illustrations
Value drivers
- Comparable lots should be matched by work type, distinguishing paintings from illustrations
- Subject category should be considered when selecting comparable records, including landscapes, Indigenous figures, cowboys, and settler-related scenes
- Available comparable records should be reviewed by sale date, realized price, and catalogue description
Appraisal caveats
- The collected pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no successfully retrieved major auction-house source supporting artist-specific price trends.
- The source pack does not provide artist-specific evidence about how condition, provenance, dimensions, signature, date, or attribution quality affect value.
- Subject similarity alone does not establish authorship or provide a sufficient basis for valuation.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
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 Lafayette Maynard Dixon 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 Lafayette Maynard Dixon artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.