Sergei R. Bongart Auction Prices and Value Guide
Sergei R. Bongart auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 246 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Sergei R. Bongart auction prices: quick answer
Sergei R. Bongart auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Sergei R. Bongart
- Source records
- 246
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Sergei R. Bongart market snapshot
Sergei R. Bongart shows thin auction liquidity with 1 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $8,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2021-11-23.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (100.0% · 1 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
- 2021-11-23
Artist context
About Sergei R. Bongart
Born
1918
Died
1985
Nationality
American
Also known as
Sergei Bongart, Sergei Romanovich Bongart, Serhii Romanovich Bongart
Sergei R. Bongart (1918–1985), also catalogued as Sergei Bongart and Sergei Romanovich Bongart, was an American painter known for a color-led approach. Public authority records identify him as an American artist, while biographical summaries emphasize landscapes, still lifes, and portraits rendered with heightened, expressive color. Rather than treating color as a finishing detail, Bongart organized pictures through strong color relationships, a feature that helps explain why collectors encounter his name across varied subjects. His auction presence is therefore not limited to one motif: landscape, still-life, and portrait paintings may all appear under his name. For entity matching, the initial “R.” and the Romanovich form matter because library records carry several name variants. The available source pack supports his identity and lifespan more firmly than any detailed movement label, so this profile avoids assigning him to an unsupported school.
PaintingLandscapesStill lifesPortraits
Common works and media
The collected sources associate Bongart with paintings, particularly landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. They also describe a colorist approach characterized by heightened color and deliberately controlled color relationships. The source pack does not reliably establish prints, editions, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or named series as common parts of his output, so those categories are not asserted here.
Market and appraisal context
Market comparison should distinguish Bongart’s landscapes, still lifes, and portraits because the collected sources identify all three as characteristic subjects. Paintings may also be compared by their color handling, a documented feature of his artistic reputation. Appraisily’s artist input indicates an established auction-record set, but the collected public page did not expose individual lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition, provenance, or attribution language. Those fields should be checked in the underlying auction records before selecting comparables. The available research therefore supports category-level appraisal context rather than a price forecast. A defensible valuation requires closely comparable public sales and object-specific evidence.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Landscape paintings
- Still-life paintings
- Portrait paintings
Value drivers
- Work type and subject, including whether a painting is a landscape, still life, or portrait
- Color handling and the relationship of colors within the composition
- Comparison with relevant public auction records available for the artist
Appraisal caveats
- The collected public source pack did not expose individual auction-lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or attribution language.
- No price trend or value range can be supported from the collected material alone.
- The source pack does not establish prints, editions, sculptures, ceramics, posters, or named series as common categories for this artist.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF 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
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