Retha Walden Gambaro Auction Prices and Value Guide
Retha Walden Gambaro auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 242 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Retha Walden Gambaro auction prices: quick answer
Retha Walden Gambaro auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Retha Walden Gambaro
- Source records
- 242
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Retha Walden Gambaro market snapshot
Retha Walden Gambaro shows deep auction liquidity with 235 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-20.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (82.4% · 84 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (17.6% · 18 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $150
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 2
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-20
Artist context
About Retha Walden Gambaro
Nationality
American
Retha Walden Gambaro was an American sculptor and gallery owner. Available public identity records consistently associate her with sculpture, while the collected source pack does not provide dependable dates, movement affiliations, named series, or a detailed institutional biography. Collectors may encounter works attributed to Gambaro across several auction classifications, including sculpture and mixed media, works on paper and prints, fine art, and decorative art or editions. These broad classifications should not be treated as a complete catalogue of her practice: each object requires examination of its medium, construction, inscriptions, dimensions, condition, provenance, and attribution. Further museum, archival, or catalogue research would be valuable for placing individual works more precisely within her career.
Sculpture
Common works and media
Auction records associated with Retha Walden Gambaro are grouped broadly under sculpture and mixed media, works on paper and prints, fine art and paintings, and decorative art and editions. Because the available identity sources specifically describe her as a sculptor but do not document a complete body of work, sculpture is the best-supported medium context. Other auction classifications require object-level verification and should not by themselves be taken as evidence of authorship or an established category within her practice.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily's matched public-auction index currently covers records dated from 2015 through 2025, with 235 matched lots and 102 priced records in the collected page snapshot. Those observations are useful for locating comparable sales, but they do not establish a fixed value for every object. A sound comparison should prioritize works resembling the subject property in medium, dimensions, date, condition, signature or inscriptions, edition status, provenance, and attribution confidence. Reported results may differ in their treatment of buyer's premiums and fees. Private transactions, incomplete feeds, restoration, and subsequent attribution changes can also limit direct comparisons, so current records should support—rather than replace—object-specific appraisal research.
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
- Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition information, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Comparable public auction sales for works similar in type and characteristics
- Subject matter, rarity, and current demand
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records provide a starting point rather than a complete appraisal; source: https://appraisily.com/artist/retha-walden-gambaro/.
- Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, and later attribution changes may not appear in the available records; source: https://appraisily.com/artist/retha-walden-gambaro/.
- Authentication and condition can materially affect value; source: https://appraisily.com/artist/retha-walden-gambaro/.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Retha Walden Gambaro 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 Retha Walden Gambaro artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.