Rafal Olbinski Auction Prices and Value Guide

Rafal Olbinski auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,462 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Rafal Olbinski auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Rafal Olbinski
Source records
1,462
Market update
2026-02-16

Rafal Olbinski market snapshot

Rafal Olbinski shows solid auction liquidity with 106 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-22.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (17.1% · 14 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (51.2% · 42 sales)
  • $10,000+ (31.7% · 26 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$13,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
5
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-22

Artist context

About Rafal Olbinski

Rafal Olbinski portrait
Archiwum Regionalnego Instytutu Kultury w Katowicach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Born

1945

Nationality

Polish

Also known as

Rafał Olbiński, Olbinski, Rafal

Rafał Olbiński is a Polish painter, illustrator, poster artist, designer, typographer, and educator born in 1945. His public identity is represented in international authority records and in the collection and artist records of The Museum of Modern Art. Olbiński is commonly associated with the Polish School of Posters, a context that helps explain why his work appears across fine-art, illustration, and poster-related searches. Collectors may encounter paintings, illustrations, posters, works on paper, prints, editions, and mixed-media works attributed to him. For appraisal and entity matching, the spelling Rafał Olbiński and the anglicized form Rafal Olbinski should be treated as references to the same artist, subject to work-level verification.

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Common works and media

Auction and appraisal records may include paintings, illustrations, posters, works on paper, prints, decorative art, editions, sculpture, and mixed-media works. The artist’s documented professional roles include painter, illustrator, designer, and typographer, while auction categories in the available Appraisily data also include fine art, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. For any individual work, medium, support, dimensions, edition information, signature, condition, provenance, and attribution should be confirmed from the object and its documentation.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisals of Rafal Olbinski works should begin with comparisons that match the medium, dimensions, date or career period, condition, restoration history, signature and edition details, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, and attribution confidence. Appraisily’s public index reports 112 matched records, including 83 priced records, across 2010-2026, with a broad observed range from $10 to $2,600,000. These figures describe available public records rather than a guaranteed value. Private transactions, incomplete auction feeds, authentication questions, condition issues, and differences between paintings, works on paper, prints, editions, and mixed media can materially change the result.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture and mixed media
  • Decorative art and editions

Value drivers

  1. Medium, size, date, and period within the artist career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Recent comparable auction sales for similar works
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand

Appraisal caveats

  • Appraisily reports 112 matched records and 83 priced records dated 2010-2026, but public auction records are only a starting point for appraisal.
  • The reported observed price range is broad, from $10 to $2,600,000, so comparisons should be made between closely similar works.
  • Private sales, incomplete feeds, attribution changes, authentication, and condition may materially affect interpretation of public results.

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 Rafal Olbinski

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Rafal Olbinski 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 Rafal Olbinski artwork?

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