Marwan Auction Prices and Value Guide
Marwan auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 254 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Marwan auction prices: quick answer
Marwan auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Marwan
- Source records
- 254
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Marwan market snapshot
Marwan shows deep auction liquidity with 151 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $950. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-05.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (50.4% · 57 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (18.6% · 21 sales)
- $10,000+ (31.0% · 35 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $2,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 8
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-05
Artist context
About Marwan
Born
1934
Died
2016
Nationality
Syrian, German
Also known as
Marwan Kassab-Bachi, Marwan Kassab Baschi, Marwan Kassab Bachi
Marwan, the professional name of Marwan Kassab-Bachi (1934–2016), was a Syrian-born painter whose life and career became closely connected with Berlin. Born in Damascus, he undertook early university study there before moving to Germany for art training and later teaching. Public authority and museum profiles identify him under both Marwan and his full name, an important distinction when matching auction records. His painting is discussed in relation to German Expressionism and the Neue Wilde milieu, although the collected evidence more securely supports influence and context than formal movement membership. Faces and landscapes recur in descriptions of his work, with layered color and texture contributing to psychologically charged images. Collectors may encounter works under the single name Marwan, the full surname Kassab-Bachi, or spelling variants such as Kassab Baschi and Kassab Bachi. Those variations make careful entity matching especially important in appraisal and auction research.
German Expressionist contextNeue Wilde contextPaintingHuman facesLandscapes
Common works and media
The collected sources most clearly support paintings, particularly works concerned with human faces and landscapes. They do not establish a reliable hierarchy among oils, works on paper, prints, drawings, or other formats. The precise medium, date, and status of an individual object should therefore come from direct examination and dependable catalog documentation.
Market and appraisal context
Market research should begin by confirming that a work attributed simply to “Marwan” belongs to Marwan Kassab-Bachi. The available source pack indicates a substantial set of Appraisily auction records, but it does not expose the detailed lot evidence needed to characterize price levels or trends. After identity is resolved, comparisons should prioritize records that align with the documented practice of painting faces or landscapes and that provide usable sale dates and realized prices. Object-level evidence remains essential: cataloguing, inscriptions, provenance, condition, dimensions, and medium should be verified from the work and its documentation rather than inferred from the artist name. A credible appraisal therefore depends on selecting genuinely comparable lots, not on the record count alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Figurative paintings centered on human faces
- Landscape paintings
Value drivers
- Confirmation that a lot catalogued simply as “Marwan” matches Marwan Kassab-Bachi and not another creator
- Consistency of the stated medium and subject with the documented practice of painting faces and landscapes
- Comparison with public auction records for works of a similar type and sale date when sufficiently detailed records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack signals 254 Appraisily auction records but does not provide individual lot descriptions, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or auction-house analysis.
- No price trend, market direction, or work-type hierarchy can be established from this source pack alone.
- A mononym attribution should be reconciled to Marwan Kassab-Bachi through object-level cataloguing, inscriptions, provenance, and other available documentation before comparable sales are selected.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Tate museum or university
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- British Museum museum or university
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 Marwan 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 Marwan artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.