Sybil Craig Auction Prices and Value Guide

Sybil Craig auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 192 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Sybil Craig auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Sybil Craig
Source records
192
Market update
2026-02-06

Sybil Craig market snapshot

Sybil Craig shows deep auction liquidity with 160 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $550. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 11 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-14.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (72.6% · 85 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (27.4% · 32 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$200
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
11
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-14

Artist context

About Sybil Craig

Sybil Craig portrait
unknown photographer but between 1920 and 1925 · Public domain · Source

Born

1901

Died

1989

Nationality

Australian

Also known as

Sybil Mary Frances Craig

Sybil Craig (1901–1989) was an Australian painter, also identified in library authority records under her full name, Sybil Mary Frances Craig. Public biographical material describes her appointment as an official war artist and connects her work with women employed in munitions factories. That subject places part of her practice within the visual record of Australian wartime labor, although the collected sources do not provide a museum biography or a detailed chronology of her career. Collectors may encounter Craig through paintings and through auction records classified as works on paper or prints. Because auction databases can merge variant spellings—the current index also matches “Sibyl Craig”—identity should be checked against signatures, inscriptions, dates, provenance, and the depicted subject. Wikidata and VIAF provide stable identity records for cataloguing, while public auction data offers a separate record of works attributed to her in the market.

PaintingWorks on paper and printsWomen working in munitions factories

Common works and media

Craig is documented principally as a painter. In auction and appraisal settings, collectors may encounter paintings as well as records classified broadly as works on paper or prints. Her documented wartime subject matter includes women employed in munitions factories. Because the collected market taxonomy also contains broad or sparse categories, an object's medium, support, technique, signature, date, and attribution should be verified from the work itself and its supporting documentation rather than inferred from an artist-name match.

Market and appraisal context

A Sybil Craig appraisal should begin with comparable public sales for works sharing the same medium, dimensions, date, subject, and attribution status. Condition, restoration, inscriptions, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may distinguish an individual work from broader auction results. Reported prices also require like-for-like treatment because fee inclusion can vary. Appraisily's collected records show an active public-sale history, but the available category labels are broad and the index matches more than one spelling of Craig's name. Each candidate comparable should therefore be checked at lot level. Public results provide market evidence rather than a price guarantee, and they do not capture every private transaction or later attribution change.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints

Value drivers

  1. Comparison with public sales of works having a similar medium, size, date, subject, and attribution status
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition information, and confidence in the attribution
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and references in published catalogues
  5. Subject matter, rarity within the available record, and current demand
  6. Whether reported auction results include buyer fees or other charges

Appraisal caveats

  • Matched auction data can contain variant spellings or incorrectly associated works, so attribution should be confirmed at the individual-lot level.
  • Private transactions and incomplete auction feeds are not fully represented in public-sale data.
  • A condition inspection and provenance review may materially change an appraisal conclusion.
  • The collected auction categories are broad and should not be treated as a definitive catalogue of Craig's oeuvre.

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 Sybil Craig

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Sybil Craig 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 Sybil Craig artwork?

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