Louis Kinney Harlow Auction Prices and Value Guide
Louis Kinney Harlow auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 160 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Louis Kinney Harlow auction prices: quick answer
Louis Kinney Harlow auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Louis Kinney Harlow
- Source records
- 160
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Louis Kinney Harlow market snapshot
Louis Kinney Harlow shows solid auction liquidity with 68 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-16.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (93.0% · 40 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (7.0% · 3 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $50
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 2
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-08-16
Artist context
About Louis Kinney Harlow
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Born
1850
Died
1913
Nationality
American
Also known as
Louis K. Harlow
Louis Kinney Harlow (1850–1913) was an American painter, illustrator, and author whose identity is established across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, and VIAF authority records. He is also recorded under the abbreviated name Louis K. Harlow. VIAF connects his name with titles including The Angler, Autumn Woods, The Beggar: Forgetfulness, and Birch, pointing to associations with outdoor, woodland, and figure subjects. The available sources establish his professional roles but do not assign him securely to a named movement or document a detailed artistic chronology. Collectors may encounter Harlow through paintings, illustrations, or bibliographic material bearing his name. Because the source pack contains limited object-level scholarship, a candidate work should be evaluated from its physical medium, inscription, subject, documentation, and relationship to firmly attributed examples rather than from the artist name alone.
PaintingIllustrationAngling subjectsWoodland and seasonal landscape subjects
Common works and media
The available authority records associate Harlow with painting and illustration and link his name to titles involving an angler, autumn woods, a figure subject, and birch trees. These references suggest that collectors may encounter outdoor or woodland imagery, but the source pack does not establish how frequently those subjects appear or identify specific techniques, supports, editions, or series. Object-level examination remains necessary to distinguish an original painting or drawing from an illustration, print, reproduction, or bibliographic item.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal of a work attributed to Louis Kinney Harlow begins with identity and object type. His authority records describe him as a painter, illustrator, and author, so paintings, illustrative material, and bibliographic objects should not be treated as interchangeable market categories. Titles or subjects resembling authority-linked works can assist research, but they do not establish authorship. When comparable auction records are available, the most relevant evidence is drawn from properly attributed works of a similar type and considered alongside sale date and realized price. The collected source pack does not include lot-level condition, provenance, dimensions, detailed media, or price results, so it does not support a price forecast or market-trend claim.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Illustrations
Value drivers
- Secure attribution to Louis K. Harlow, checked against established authority names and identifiers
- Work type, including whether an item is a painting, illustration, or bibliographic object
- Relationship between a work's title or subject and titles linked to Harlow in library authority records
- Comparable public auction records, including sale date and realized price, when records for properly attributed works are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not provide individual auction-lot descriptions, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or detailed medium information.
- Authority-linked titles help establish bibliographic associations but do not by themselves authenticate an object or prove that a subject is common in the auction market.
- No price trend or prospective value conclusion can be supported from this source pack alone.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
- Wikimedia Commons documented portrait
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 Louis Kinney Harlow 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 Louis Kinney Harlow artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.