Shimon Okshteyn Auction Prices and Value Guide
Shimon Okshteyn auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 342 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Shimon Okshteyn auction prices: quick answer
Shimon Okshteyn auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Shimon Okshteyn
- Source records
- 342
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Shimon Okshteyn market snapshot
Shimon Okshteyn shows deep auction liquidity with 186 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $475. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 16 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-03.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (71.6% · 53 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (20.3% · 15 sales)
- $10,000+ (8.1% · 6 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $275
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 16
- Median shift vs prior year
- +83.3%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-02-03
Artist context
About Shimon Okshteyn
Born
1951
Died
2020
Nationality
American
Also known as
Shimon Okshteĭn
Shimon Okshteyn (1951–2020) was a Ukrainian-born American artist whose practice encompassed painting, sculpture, and installation art. Library authority records place his birth in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and document that he later lived and worked in New York. His work therefore belongs to a cross-cultural biography shaped by Ukrainian origins and an American professional base, although the collected sources do not assign him to a specific movement or school. A substantial institutional reference point is the 2007 exhibition “Shimon Okshteyn: Dialogue with Objects” at the State Russian Museum, documented through its published exhibition catalogue. Collectors may encounter his name on works classified across several media rather than within a single narrowly defined category. Authority records also preserve the transliterated form “Shimon Okshteĭn,” which is useful when matching catalogues, bibliographic records, and auction listings to the same artist.
PaintingSculptureInstallation art
Common works and media
Public authority records describe Okshteyn as a painter, sculptor, and creator of installations. Accordingly, works encountered in cataloguing or appraisal contexts may include paintings, sculptural objects, and installation-related material. The supplied evidence does not establish characteristic subjects, named series, print editions, preferred supports, or a reliable distribution of these work types in the auction market.
Market and appraisal context
Okshteyn's documented work in painting, sculpture, and installation makes accurate medium classification an important first step in appraisal research. Name matching also matters because authority records preserve more than one English transliteration. Relevant public auction records should be compared by work type, sale date, and the information supplied in individual lot descriptions; realized prices can provide context when genuinely comparable records are available. The present source pack does not include lot-level condition, provenance, attribution, dimensions, edition details, or category distributions, so it cannot support a price trend or prediction. Those object-specific facts should be established before drawing conclusions from auction results.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Sculpture
Value drivers
- Correct identity matching across transliterated name forms and authority identifiers
- Classification of the work as painting, sculpture, or an installation-related object
- Comparison with relevant public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices when available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not provide lot-level descriptions, condition reports, provenance histories, edition information, or an auction-category breakdown.
- No supported price trend, market direction, or price prediction can be derived from the supplied evidence.
- The source pack documents installation art as part of the artist's practice but does not establish that installations commonly appear at auction.
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 Shimon Okshteyn 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 Shimon Okshteyn artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.