Paul Guiragossian Auction Prices and Value Guide
Paul Guiragossian auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 216 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Paul Guiragossian auction prices: quick answer
Paul Guiragossian auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Paul Guiragossian
- Source records
- 216
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Paul Guiragossian market snapshot
Paul Guiragossian shows solid auction liquidity with 145 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $44,611. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 17 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-25.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (11.9% · 12 sales)
- $10,000+ (88.1% · 89 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $44,100
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 17
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-25
Artist context
About Paul Guiragossian
Born
1926
Died
1993
Nationality
Lebanese
Also known as
Պոլ Կիրակոսյան, Ġīrāġūsyān, Būl
Paul Guiragossian (1926–1993) was a painter associated with Lebanese art and Armenian cultural identity. Authority records identify him as a Lebanese painter, while Wikidata describes him as Armenian; the collected sources therefore support a layered identity rather than a single uncomplicated national label. Born in Jerusalem, he became known for expressive, figure-centered painting. Public summaries emphasize human figures, forceful color, and abstract brushwork, with recurring attention to identity and conflict. The artist’s official site foregrounds a substantial body of painting and documents oil-on-canvas compositions, exhibitions, publications, and a foundation dedicated to his legacy. Collectors most often encounter his name in connection with twentieth-century figurative painting from the Middle East and its diaspora contexts. Because the available source pack contains stronger identity evidence than detailed scholarly interpretation, descriptions should stay close to documented media and visual themes and avoid assigning a formal movement without further museum or catalogue evidence.
PaintingOil on canvasHuman figuresIdentityConflict
Common works and media
The collected material supports paintings, including oil on canvas, as the clearest common work type. Figure-based compositions marked by bold color and abstracted brushwork are the most defensible subject and form description. This source pack does not substantiate editioned prints, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or other categories, so examples in those media should be researched individually rather than presented as typical.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal should begin by establishing the work’s medium, support, subject, and relationship to Guiragossian’s documented practice. Oil-on-canvas paintings provide the clearest category supported by the collected material, while figure-centered subject matter, bold color, and abstract brushwork help define relevant comparisons. Public auction records can supply sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when sufficiently similar records are available, but they should not be treated as automatic evidence of authenticity or future value. The present source pack includes an Appraisily auction-record signal but no detailed major-auction-house cataloguing, so it does not establish a price trend, complete market hierarchy, or artist-specific authentication standard.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Oil on canvas works
Value drivers
- Medium and support, including whether a work is oil on canvas
- Figurative subject matter, bold color, and abstract brushwork
- Comparable public auction records for related lots when available
- Whether a work can be connected to exhibition, publication, or timeline documentation maintained by the artist's official foundation site
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains no major-auction-house catalogue entry, so it does not support claims about price trends or a detailed market hierarchy.
- Auction records are comparison evidence rather than authentication or a guarantee of value.
- The source pack does not establish a complete list of media, series, or catalogue-raisonné references.
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 Paul Guiragossian 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 Paul Guiragossian artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.