Maud Sumner Auction Prices and Value Guide
Maud Sumner auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 574 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Maud Sumner auction prices: quick answer
Maud Sumner auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Maud Sumner
- Source records
- 574
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Maud Sumner market snapshot
Maud Sumner shows solid auction liquidity with 126 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $26,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-17.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (13.2% · 5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (15.8% · 6 sales)
- $10,000+ (71.1% · 27 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $5,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 9
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-09-17
Artist context
About Maud Sumner
Born
1902
Died
1985
Nationality
South African
Also known as
Maud Frances Eyston Sumner, Maud Eyston Sumner
Maud Frances Eyston Sumner (1902–1985) was a South African painter. The collected source pack connects her identity with established public authority systems, including Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, ISNI, RKD, and Art UK. Usable biographical detail is limited, however: the available text does not reliably establish a movement, school, named series, recurring subject, or detailed medium. Appraisily therefore presents Sumner first as an identified South African painter without assigning a narrower stylistic category. Collectors may encounter her name in connection with paintings and grouped auction records, but individual objects still require object-level research. Her complete birth and death dates, training, exhibition history, institutional holdings, and relationship to particular artistic circles should be confirmed through accessible museum or scholarly records before being used as firm cataloguing claims.
Painting
Common works and media
Painting is the only work type supported by the collected identity sources. The available material does not substantiate particular painting media, recurring subjects, print editions, sculpture, ceramics, drawings, posters, or named series. More specific classifications should be added only when supported by object-level auction records or stronger institutional research.
Market and appraisal context
The collected material identifies Sumner as a painter and links her identity with an Appraisily auction-price page, but it does not provide usable lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, edition information, or attribution language. This profile can therefore support identity matching and the broad category of paintings, not a price conclusion. Any appraisal should consider the specific object and verified comparable sales when those records are available, while preserving the auction house’s stated attribution. No artist-specific market trend, premium, scarcity claim, or price forecast is supported by the present source pack.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Work type is the only artist-specific comparison factor supported by the collected identity material; paintings should be compared with verified painting records when available.
- Comparable public auction records should be evaluated with their sale dates and realized prices when those details are available.
Appraisal caveats
- The collected material does not provide usable lot-level descriptions, realized prices, provenance, condition, edition, attribution, subject, or date evidence.
- No artist-specific price trend, premium, scarcity claim, or forecast can be supported from this source pack.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
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 Maud Sumner 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 Maud Sumner artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.