Ray Swanson Auction Prices and Value Guide

Ray Swanson auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 340 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Ray Swanson auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Ray Swanson
Source records
340
Market update
2026-02-16

Ray Swanson market snapshot

Ray Swanson shows deep auction liquidity with 220 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,980. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-08.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (31.4% · 53 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (53.3% · 90 sales)
  • $10,000+ (15.4% · 26 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,250
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
12
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-08

Artist context

About Ray Swanson

Born

1937

Died

2004

Nationality

American

Ray Swanson (1937–2004) was an American painter whose work is associated with imagery of the American West, particularly Native American subjects. Public authority records distinguish him as a twentieth-century American artist and connect his identity across major cultural-data systems, including Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and the Library of Congress authority file. Collectors are most likely to encounter Swanson through paintings catalogued within Western American art. The supplied research does not identify a formal movement, named series, or complete medium-by-medium catalogue, so broader classifications should be treated cautiously. His recurring Western subject context is useful for entity matching, but it is not sufficient by itself to authenticate an individual work. Signatures, inscriptions, ownership history, physical characteristics, and catalogue evidence should be evaluated at the object level before a firm attribution is made.

PaintingAmerican WestNative Americans

Common works and media

The available sources identify Swanson as a painter of the American West, with particular attention to Native American subjects. Paintings in that broad subject area are therefore the best-supported work type for cataloguing and appraisal searches. The source pack does not establish specific paint media, recurring titles, named series, print editions, drawings, sculptures, or other categories, so those classifications should be confirmed from the individual object and reliable catalogue or auction documentation.

Market and appraisal context

Ray Swanson has an established auction-directory presence, but the collected pack does not provide lot-level sale results or enough detail to characterize price patterns. A useful appraisal should first establish that the object belongs to this American painter rather than another person with a similar name. The Western or Native American subject context may assist identification, but it cannot establish authorship independently. Object-specific documentation and comparable public auction records are needed to assess a particular work. Because the supplied evidence does not reveal individual lot media, dimensions, dates, provenance, condition, or realized prices, this profile makes no prediction about value, scarcity, or market direction.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not expose individual auction lots, realized prices, dimensions, dates, condition reports, provenance, or medium-specific cataloguing.
  • The available sources do not support conclusions about price trends, scarcity, edition size, or relative demand among subjects.
  • Any attribution to Ray Swanson should be assessed from the individual object's evidence rather than from name similarity alone.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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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 Ray Swanson

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Ray Swanson 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 Ray Swanson artwork?

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