Robert Ballagh Auction Prices and Value Guide

Robert Ballagh 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.

Robert Ballagh auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Robert Ballagh
Source records
340
Market update
2026-02-06

Robert Ballagh market snapshot

Robert Ballagh shows deep auction liquidity with 248 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $950. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-16.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (51.3% · 81 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (39.9% · 63 sales)
  • $10,000+ (8.9% · 14 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$580
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-09-16

Artist context

About Robert Ballagh

Robert Ballagh portrait
Sinn Féin · CC BY 2.0 · Source

Born

1943

Nationality

Irish

Also known as

Bobby Ballagh

Robert Ballagh is an Irish artist, painter and designer born in Dublin in 1943. His early painting is described as strongly influenced by Pop art, while later work includes highly detailed portrayals of Irish literary, historical and public figures. His practice extends beyond easel painting: he designed more than 70 Irish postage stamps, worked on a series of banknotes, and created theatrical settings for productions connected with Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde and Riverdance. Ballagh began exhibiting in solo and group contexts in the late 1960s and represented Ireland at the 1969 Biennale de Paris. These overlapping roles—as painter, portraitist and public-facing designer—help explain why collectors may encounter his name across fine-art, graphic-design and theatre-related material. Authority records at Wikidata and Getty ULAN distinguish him as the Irish artist born in 1943, while the collected Appraisily page indicates a substantial auction-record presence.

Pop art (early influence)PaintingGraphic designPostage-stamp designBanknote designIrish literary figuresIrish historical figuresIrish public and establishment figuresPortraiture and the human figure

Common works and media

Documented work types include paintings, especially detailed figure and portrait subjects, alongside graphic design for Irish postage stamps and banknotes. Ballagh also designed theatrical sets. Auction listings should therefore be classified carefully: a painting, an original design, a commission-related item and a later reproduction are not interchangeable. The source pack does not provide enough lot-level detail to determine how frequently each category appears at auction or to define typical editions.

Market and appraisal context

For appraisal, first determine whether the object is a unique painting, a design-related work or material connected to a documented commission. Subject identification can matter because Ballagh is known for portrayals of Irish literary, historical and public figures. A date or documented link to his stamp, banknote or theatre work can provide useful context, but it does not by itself establish attribution or value. Object-specific evidence—medium, dimensions, signature or marks, condition and provenance—must be assessed from the work itself. Where public sale records are available, compare like with like by work type, date, subject, size, sale date and realized result. The supplied pack identifies an Appraisily auction-price page but does not expose individual lots, prices or condition reports, so no price trend is asserted here.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Design-related works and material

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium, including whether an object is a painting or design-related work
  2. Identification of a depicted literary, historical or public figure
  3. Documented relationship to Ballagh's postage-stamp, banknote or theatrical-design work
  4. Comparison with public auction records for similar work types, sale dates and realized results when available

Appraisal caveats

  • The supplied source pack does not include individual auction-lot descriptions, estimates, realized prices, provenance, dimensions or condition reports.
  • The available evidence does not support a price trend, category-frequency estimate or prediction of future value.
  • Attribution, condition and provenance require object-specific examination and cannot be resolved from an artist-level profile.

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 Robert Ballagh

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Robert Ballagh 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 Robert Ballagh artwork?

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