Rosa Ramalho Auction Prices and Value Guide
Rosa Ramalho auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 324 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Rosa Ramalho auction prices: quick answer
Rosa Ramalho auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Rosa Ramalho
- Source records
- 324
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Rosa Ramalho market snapshot
Rosa Ramalho shows deep auction liquidity with 320 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 61 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-05.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (98.2% · 271 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (1.8% · 5 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $300
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 61
- Median shift vs prior year
- +50.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-02-05
Artist context
About Rosa Ramalho
Born
1888
Died
1977
Nationality
Portuguese
Also known as
Rosa Barbosa Lopes
Rosa Ramalho was the artist name of Rosa Barbosa Lopes, a Portuguese ceramist and sculptor who lived from 1888 to 1977. Library authority records connect both names and identify her with Portugal, while biographical sources describe her as an important figure in the country’s traditional pottery. Collectors may therefore encounter her name in catalogues under either Rosa Ramalho or Rosa Barbosa Lopes, although the former is the established artistic identity. Her documented practice belongs primarily to ceramics and modeled clay work, placing her objects at the intersection of Portuguese folk pottery and sculpture. That context is important when distinguishing her work from anonymous regional pottery or pieces by other makers working within related traditions. The available institutional identity records are consistent about her life years and alternate name, but the collected source material offers less detail about chronology, named series, recurring subjects, workshop production, or individual documented works.
CeramicsTraditional Portuguese potteryCeramic sculpture
Common works and media
Works encountered under Rosa Ramalho’s name are most appropriately researched as ceramics, traditional Portuguese pottery, or ceramic sculpture. The available sources do not establish a reliable list of recurring subjects, named series, edition practices, or specific forms, so individual objects should not be assigned to such categories without additional documentation.
Market and appraisal context
The collected evidence supports classifying Rosa Ramalho’s market presence principally within Portuguese ceramics, traditional pottery, and ceramic sculpture. An appraisal should begin by confirming that a catalogued name refers to Rosa Ramalho, the artistic name associated with Rosa Barbosa Lopes, and by examining whether the object is consistent with her documented ceramic practice. This source pack does not contain accessible major-auction-house cataloguing, individual sale results, or artist-specific evidence about the effects of condition, date, subject, provenance, or attribution status. Those questions should therefore be assessed through object-level documentation and genuinely comparable public auction records rather than inferred from biography alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Portuguese ceramics and pottery
- Ceramic sculpture
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack establishes the artist's identity and ceramic practice but contains no accessible major-auction-house evidence supporting artist-specific valuation factors.
- Auction-record counts should not be interpreted as counts of unique, authenticated works without record-level review.
- Full birth and death dates were not established by the collected sources; only the years 1888 and 1977 are reported.
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 Rosa Ramalho 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 Rosa Ramalho artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.