Paul Horiuchi Auction Prices and Value Guide
Paul Horiuchi auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 175 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Paul Horiuchi auction prices: quick answer
Paul Horiuchi auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Paul Horiuchi
- Source records
- 175
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Paul Horiuchi market snapshot
Paul Horiuchi shows deep auction liquidity with 150 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 20 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (22.0% · 28 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (68.5% · 87 sales)
- $10,000+ (9.4% · 12 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $3,200
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 20
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-11
Artist context
About Paul Horiuchi
Born
1906
Died
1999
Nationality
American
Also known as
Paul Chikamasa Horiuchi
Paul Horiuchi (1906–1999) was an American artist identified by international authority records as a Japanese-American painter, collagist, and muralist. A general biographical account describes his move to Seattle in 1946 and a mature practice that shifted from painting toward collage. His most specifically documented technique is torn-paper collage, which a second biographical source dates to the late 1950s. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on both paintings and paper-based compositions, while authority data also records his work as a muralist. Horiuchi is often discussed in connection with the Northwest School, although the present source pack supports that association only through a general biographical source rather than a museum or scholarly record. His stable identifiers across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, Library of Congress, IdRef, RKD, and BnF help distinguish his work and records from those of similarly named artists.
PaintingCollageTorn-paper collageMurals
Common works and media
The collected sources identify Horiuchi with painting, collage, and mural work. Their most specific medium description is torn-paper collage, developed in the late 1950s after an earlier emphasis on painting. The pack does not provide reliable evidence for recurring subjects, named series, edition practices, print categories, sculpture, or ceramics, so those categories should not be assigned without examining the individual object and stronger documentation.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should first distinguish a painting from a torn-paper collage and compare the object with records for the same type of work. The collected Appraisily input indicates that auction records are associated with Horiuchi, but this source pack does not contain fetched lot descriptions, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance histories, or major-auction-house commentary. It therefore cannot substantiate a price trend or prediction. A defensible market analysis should use documented comparable lots, checking the stated medium, attribution, sale date, and available object details before treating any result as relevant to the work being appraised.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Collages and works on paper
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Like-for-like comparison by work type and medium, particularly painting versus torn-paper collage
- Comparable public auction records organized by sale date and work type when sufficiently documented records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected pack contains no fetched major-auction-house result, detailed lot descriptions, or realized-price excerpts.
- The Appraisily artist page is present as an auction-record signal, but its public content was not fetched in this source pack.
- The evidence does not support claims about price trends, scarcity, record prices, or the relative market performance of particular periods.
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 Horiuchi 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 Horiuchi artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.