Paul Hey Auction Prices and Value Guide

Paul Hey auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 208 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Paul Hey auction prices: quick answer

Paul Hey auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Paul Hey
Source records
208
Market update
2026-02-06

Paul Hey market snapshot

Paul Hey shows solid auction liquidity with 68 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-08.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (77.8% · 21 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (22.2% · 6 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$220
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
7
Median shift vs prior year
+29.4%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-08

Artist context

About Paul Hey

Paul Hey portrait
Paul Hey · Public domain · Source

Born

1867

Died

1952

Nationality

German

Paul Hey (1867–1952) was a German painter and illustrator who is also described in public reference sources as a graphic artist and draughtsman. Wikidata and the VIAF authority file independently associate his identity with the same lifespan, while German- and French-language encyclopedia entries corroborate his work across painting, drawing, illustration, and graphic art. These overlapping practices matter for entity matching because works attributed to Hey may be described under different categories rather than under painting alone. Collectors can therefore encounter his name in connection with paintings, drawings, illustrations, or other graphic works. The collected sources do not establish a specific movement, school, recurring subject, or named series strongly enough to add one here. Careful identification should rely on the object’s cataloguing, medium, date, and attribution together with stable authority identifiers, particularly because a shared or abbreviated artist name can complicate searches across auction and collection records.

PaintingDrawingIllustrationGraphic art

Common works and media

Reference sources identify Paul Hey with paintings, drawings, illustrations, and graphic art. These are the principal work types supported by the collected evidence and the most appropriate categories for organizing possible auction and appraisal matches. The pack does not establish particular subjects, named series, print editions, or other recurring formats.

Market and appraisal context

Paul Hey’s market context should be assessed by separating paintings, drawings, illustrations, and graphic works rather than treating every result as directly comparable. The collected identity sources support these work types, but the present source pack does not include lot-level sale dates, realized prices, measurements, condition reports, provenance, or edition details. It therefore does not support a price range or claim about market direction. When public auction records are available, the most useful comparisons will be works assigned to the same artist identity and matched as closely as possible by medium, work type, date, dimensions, subject, and sale context. Object-specific attribution and physical evidence should be reviewed before auction results are used in an appraisal.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Drawings
  • Illustrations and graphic works

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium, including whether an object is catalogued as a painting, drawing, illustration, or graphic work
  2. Like-for-like comparison with available public auction records, separated by work type and sale date

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected pack contains no lot-level descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or edition information.
  • The Appraisily artist-page request was rate-limited during collection, so the auction-record signal could not be inspected directly.
  • No price trend, market direction, scarcity claim, or value range 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.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Paul Hey

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Paul Hey 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 Hey artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.