Loïs Mailou Jones Auction Prices and Value Guide

Loïs Mailou Jones auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 460 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Loïs Mailou Jones auction prices: quick answer

Loïs Mailou Jones auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Loïs Mailou Jones
Source records
460
Market update
2026-02-06

Loïs Mailou Jones market snapshot

Loïs Mailou Jones shows solid auction liquidity with 107 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $6,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-07.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (63.2% · 60 sales)
  • $10,000+ (36.8% · 35 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$2,400
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
6
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-07

Artist context

About Loïs Mailou Jones

Loïs Mailou Jones portrait
Unknown author Unknown author or not provided · Public domain · Source

Born

1905

Died

1998

Nationality

American

Also known as

Lois Mailou Jones, Lois Mailou Pierre-Noël, Loïs M. Pierre-Noel

Loïs Mailou Jones (1905–1998) was an American painter, designer, illustrator, and educator whose long career is often discussed in relation to the Harlem Renaissance. Her practice extended across fine art, design, illustration, and teaching, while international experience widened the cultural and visual contexts of her work. Museum records demonstrate a varied approach to painting and works on paper: the National Gallery of Art presents both a loosely painted coastal landscape from 1940 and a vivid 1981 street scene executed in watercolor. Accounts of her career also emphasize her engagement with African and Caribbean cultures and her experience as a Black expatriate artist in Paris. Collectors may therefore encounter works from substantially different phases, with changes in medium, date, style, and subject. Jones's presence in museum collections and international authority files also makes accurate identity matching important, particularly because records may use an unaccented version of her name or married-name variants.

Harlem RenaissancePaintingWatercolorDesign and illustrationWorks on paper and printsLandscapesStreet and community scenesAfrican and Caribbean cultural contexts

Common works and media

Paintings and watercolors are the clearest institutionally documented work types associated with Jones. Landscapes and populated street or community scenes appear among the National Gallery of Art's selected works. Auction records also group works on paper and prints under her name, while biographical sources document activity in design and illustration. Broader auction categories include mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions, but those classifications should be checked against each lot's description, images, attribution, and materials before being treated as characteristic of her practice.

Market and appraisal context

Public auction records for Loïs Mailou Jones span paintings, works on paper, prints, and several broader mixed-media or edition categories. A useful comparison should match the prospective work as closely as possible by medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, and career period. Signature and inscription details, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, restoration, and catalogue references can also affect how a lot compares with recorded sales. Broad artist-level statistics should not be treated as a price prediction. Private transactions, incomplete auction feeds, reporting conventions, and later attribution changes may be absent, so appraisal conclusions should be based on verified lot-level evidence and recent comparable public sales.

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

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and position within the artist's career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Recent public auction results for works comparable in medium, date, size, condition, and subject
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are a starting point rather than a complete appraisal.
  • Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, and later attribution changes may not be represented.
  • Authentication and condition can materially affect value.
  • The available auction source uses broad category groupings, so individual lots should be verified before assigning a work type.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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 Loïs Mailou Jones

LLM summary index · LLM full index

Artist value FAQ

How much is Loïs Mailou Jones 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 Loïs Mailou Jones artwork?

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