Rolf Harris Auction Prices and Value Guide
Rolf Harris auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 172 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Rolf Harris auction prices: quick answer
Rolf Harris auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Rolf Harris
- Source records
- 172
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Rolf Harris market snapshot
Rolf Harris shows solid auction liquidity with 53 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $290. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-12-11.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (68.4% · 26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (31.6% · 12 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $0
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 0
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2024-12-11
Artist context
About Rolf Harris
Born
1930
Died
2023
Nationality
Australian
Rolf Harris (1930–2023) was an Australian-born painter, musician, actor, and television entertainer whose career was based largely in Britain. In visual-art contexts, collectors encounter paintings associated with his parallel public career as a performer. Art UK records works in British public collections with subjects ranging from the River Don and Ayers Rock to portraits of William Crawshay II and a Korean monk, along with character and animal imagery. This breadth makes the exact subject, title, date, and documented medium important when identifying a work, although the collected institutional sources do not associate Harris with a specific movement or school. His public legacy also includes his 2014 conviction in England for sexual assaults against four underage girls, which is relevant to responsible biographical context. Appraisily treats his visual work as a distinct research subject while keeping attribution and market conclusions tied to documented objects and comparable sale records rather than celebrity alone.
PaintingsLandscapes and identifiable places, including the River Don and Ayers RockPortraits and figure studies, including William Crawshay II and a Korean monkCharacter and animal imagery
Common works and media
Documented public-collection examples are paintings spanning landscapes and recognizable places, portraits and figure studies, animal subjects, and character-based imagery. Recorded titles include River Don near Doncaster, South Yorkshire; Ayers Rock, Australia; William Crawshay II; Korean Monk; Goldie; and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The collected sources do not establish whether prints, editions, drawings, or other media form consistent auction categories, so those classifications should be confirmed from each object's documentation.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal should begin by identifying the exact work and documented medium, then comparing it with like-for-like public sales where records are available. The source pack establishes a broad subject range in public collections, including landscapes, portraits, character scenes, and animal imagery, but it does not provide auction-house descriptions, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, edition information, or individual realized prices. Those omissions prevent a responsible price trend or value range from being inferred here. For a specific object, relevant comparables should be selected by medium, subject, date, and sale context; attribution, condition, provenance, and edition status require separate object-level verification. Harris's complex public legacy may also influence demand, but the collected evidence does not measure that effect.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Comparison with publicly recorded sales of works having a similar documented medium and subject
- Sale date and realized price of relevant comparable lots, when those records are available
- Object-level verification of date, attribution, dimensions, condition, provenance, and any edition status before selecting comparables
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not include detailed auction-house cataloguing, condition reports, provenance histories, edition information, or individual realized-price records.
- No price trend or appraisal range should be inferred from the supplied biographical and public-collection sources alone.
- The supplied evidence does not quantify how the artist's criminal convictions have affected collector demand.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Rolf Harris 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 Rolf Harris artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.