Richard Seewald Auction Prices and Value Guide

Richard Seewald auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 221 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Richard Seewald auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Richard Seewald
Source records
221
Market update
2026-02-16

Richard Seewald market snapshot

Richard Seewald shows solid auction liquidity with 82 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-25.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (70.7% · 29 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (17.1% · 7 sales)
  • $10,000+ (12.2% · 5 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$450
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
6
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-25

Artist context

About Richard Seewald

Born

1889

Died

1976

Nationality

German

Richard Seewald (1889–1976) was a German painter, engraver, illustrator, and writer whose documented practice crossed fine art and published graphic work. The IdRef authority record notes that he lived and worked in Cologne and produced illustrations for classical literature and travel narratives. The Museum of Modern Art lists nine works by or involving Seewald online, including plates and tailpieces issued in the 1919 periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik. Those examples encompass deer, goats, an imagined forest, human figures, and wayfarers. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings, engraved or graphic sheets, book illustrations, and periodical components rather than within one uniform object category. The institution-grade material in this source pack places him securely in early twentieth-century German painting and graphic culture, although it does not establish a single movement designation. Careful identification of medium and publication context is especially important when comparing examples of his work.

PaintingEngraving and printmakingIllustrationPeriodical plates and tailpiecesAnimals, including deer and goatsLandscapes and imagined forest scenesHuman figures and wayfarersClassical literature and travel narratives

Common works and media

Documented work types include paintings, engravings, book illustrations, and graphics made for periodicals. MoMA's online holdings emphasize plates and tailpieces from 1919, with subjects such as deer, goats, an imagined primeval forest, paired human figures, and wayfarers. IdRef also records illustrations connected with classical works and travel narratives. In an auction or appraisal setting, a Seewald object may consequently be a standalone fine-art work, a graphic sheet, or an image originally created as part of a book or periodical. That distinction should be resolved before selecting comparable lots.

Market and appraisal context

Seewald's market should be approached by separating paintings from engravings, illustrations, and published graphic material. MoMA documents 1919 periodical plates and tailpieces, while IdRef identifies a broader practice encompassing painting, engraving, and illustration. These records support comparing objects by medium, work type, date, publication context, and subject rather than pooling all works under the artist's name. Animal, landscape, figure, classical-literary, and travel-related material may each require different comparable records. The collected pack does not include a fetched major-auction-house catalogue entry or a detailed realized-price series, so it cannot support price predictions. Object-specific appraisal should incorporate suitable public auction records once the work's category and context have been established.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Prints and engravings
  • Book illustrations and published graphic works

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium should be established before comparison because the documented output spans painting, engraving, illustration, and periodical graphics.
  2. Published graphics should be distinguished by their original context, such as a plate or tailpiece within a named periodical issue.
  3. Comparable records should be matched by subject and work type; documented subjects include animals, landscapes, figures, classical literature, and travel narratives.
  4. The date or documented production context matters when comparing the 1919 periodical graphics with works from other parts of the artist's career.

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no fetched major-auction-house catalogue entry or detailed public realized-price series.
  • The available evidence supports category-level appraisal guidance but not price forecasts, market-trend claims, or conclusions about scarcity.

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 Richard Seewald

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Richard Seewald 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.

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