Manabú Mabe Auction Prices and Value Guide
Manabú Mabe auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 274 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Manabú Mabe auction prices: quick answer
Manabú Mabe auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Manabú Mabe
- Source records
- 274
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Manabú Mabe market snapshot
Manabú Mabe shows developing auction liquidity with 26 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-02.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $10,000+ (100.0% · 24 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,600,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 3
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-10-02
Artist context
About Manabú Mabe
Born
1924
Died
1997
Nationality
Japanese, Brazilian
Also known as
Manabu Mabe, Mabe, Manabu
Manabú Mabe (1924–1997), commonly catalogued as Manabu Mabe, was a Japanese-Brazilian painter. Authority records connect him with both Japan and Brazil and identify Japanese and Portuguese as his languages of expression. Bibliographic records linked to the artist include scholarship that frames his painted work as a journey from figuration toward abstraction. That provides a useful context for viewing his career, although the collected sources do not justify assigning him to a more specific formal movement. Collectors encounter Mabe primarily through paintings. Appraisily’s category-level market page also groups works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions under his auction presence, but those broader classifications need confirmation against each object. The unaccented form Manabu Mabe is used by Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and IdRef, making it the most useful alternate name for catalogue searches and entity matching.
Painting
Common works and media
Mabe is securely identified as a painter, making paintings the best-supported work type in the collected sources. Appraisily’s market categories additionally include works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. These are broad auction classifications rather than proof that an individual object is authentic or representative. Record the medium, support, dimensions, signature, inscriptions, condition, and any edition notation before selecting comparable sales.
Market and appraisal context
A Mabe appraisal should begin with object-level comparison rather than a single artist-wide median. Compare medium, dimensions, date, and career period, then examine condition, restoration, surface quality, signatures, inscriptions, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Subject matter, rarity, and current demand may also affect comparability. Public auction data can be incomplete, and reported totals may treat buyer premiums or fees differently. The collected Appraisily page is internally inconsistent about its record count, so its headline statistics should not be treated as decision-grade until reconciled. When reliable records are available, prioritize verified sale dates, realized prices, and lots genuinely similar to the object being assessed.
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 career period
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Comparable public auction sales for works similar in medium, size, date, condition, and attribution
- Subject matter, rarity, and current demand
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records are a starting point rather than a complete appraisal; private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may be absent (https://appraisily.com/artist/manabu-mabe/).
- Reported auction totals may include buyer premiums or fees under differing conventions, so comparisons should use a consistent basis (https://appraisily.com/artist/manabu-mabe/).
- The collected Appraisily page gives conflicting record counts, so its headline statistics require reconciliation before use (https://appraisily.com/artist/manabu-mabe/).
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Manabú Mabe 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 Manabú Mabe artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.