Lanier Meaders Auction Prices and Value Guide

Lanier Meaders auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 232 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Lanier Meaders auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Lanier Meaders
Source records
232
Market update
2026-02-06

Lanier Meaders market snapshot

Lanier Meaders shows developing auction liquidity with 44 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $850. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-08.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (56.8% · 21 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (43.2% · 16 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$800
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
4
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-08

Artist context

About Lanier Meaders

Lanier Meaders portrait
Lanier Meaders · see-source-page · Source

Born

1917

Died

1988

Nationality

American

Also known as

Quillan Lanier Meaders

Lanier Meaders (1917–1988), also identified as Quillan Lanier Meaders, was an American potter. The collected authority record confirms his core identity and occupation, while the available biographical source identifies face jugs as the form for which he is best known. That association helps explain why collectors encounter his name in searches for figural pottery and face-jug objects. The present source pack is strongest on his name, lifespan, nationality, occupation, and connection with face jugs. It is much thinner on his training, working chronology, exhibitions, museum holdings, and detailed stylistic development. Those broader biographical areas are therefore left unresolved rather than extended beyond the available evidence. Objects carrying his name should be considered through both the specific face-jug category and the broader pottery context, with auction records used only when the maker attribution and object type are sufficiently comparable.

PotteryHuman faces in face-jug form

Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter Lanier Meaders through pottery, especially face jugs featuring modeled human facial elements. The available sources do not establish a fuller inventory of forms, named series, editions, or other media, so works outside pottery and face-jug contexts require additional documentation.

Market and appraisal context

The clearest artist-specific market signal in the collected material is Meaders's association with face jugs. An appraisal should first determine whether an object is a face jug or another pottery form and whether its attribution to Meaders is adequately documented. This source pack does not contain usable auction-house catalogue descriptions or sale-level evidence, so it cannot support claims about price direction, rarity, or premiums. When public auction records are available, the most relevant comparisons are records with a closely matched object type, considered alongside the sale date and realized result rather than treated as predictions of future value.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Face jugs
  • Pottery and ceramics

Value drivers

  1. Object type, particularly face-jug form versus other pottery
  2. Documented attribution to Lanier Meaders

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected material does not provide accessible major-auction-house catalogue evidence or sale-level details.
  • No price trend, rarity, or artist-specific condition premium can be established from this source pack.
  • Comparable auction records should be evaluated individually and should not be treated as price predictions.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.

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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 Lanier Meaders

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Lanier Meaders 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 Lanier Meaders artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.