Thelma Thal Auction Prices and Value Guide
Thelma Thal auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 331 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Thelma Thal auction prices: quick answer
Thelma Thal auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Thelma Thal
- Source records
- 331
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Thelma Thal market snapshot
Thelma Thal shows deep auction liquidity with 267 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $70. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 94 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-11.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (100.0% · 254 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $60
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 94
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-11
Artist context
About Thelma Thal
The public identity of Thelma Thal remains unresolved in the available source material. The authority and encyclopedia results collected for this page describe Thelma Thall, an American table tennis player, rather than a documented visual artist, so those biographical details should not be transferred to this artist record. Appraisily does hold auction records matched to the name Thelma Thal, but those records do not by themselves establish a biography, nationality, career chronology, artistic movement, or verified body of work. Collectors may encounter the name through auction catalogues and secondary-market listings, yet individual objects require careful examination to determine whether their signatures, inscriptions, provenance, and catalogue descriptions refer to one creator or to multiple similarly named makers. Until an authoritative artist profile, exhibition record, archival reference, or signed-work chronology is found, this page should be treated as a market-name index rather than a confirmed biographical profile.
Common works and media
The auction index places name-matched lots in broad categories including paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture or mixed media, decorative art, and editions. These classifications should not be read as a verified list of media used by one artist. For appraisal purposes, each object should be identified from its physical medium, construction, dimensions, marks, inscriptions, edition details, condition, provenance, and original auction description before it is compared with other records.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily's matched records provide a starting point for locating comparable public sales under the name Thelma Thal, but the unresolved artist identity limits how confidently those results can be combined. An appraisal should compare like with like: medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, signature or inscription, edition information, provenance, and attribution wording all matter. Auction-house descriptions and photographs should be checked for evidence that the compared objects belong to the same maker. Realized prices may also be reported with different fee conventions, while private sales and incomplete feeds remain outside the visible dataset. No price forecast or verified market trend should be inferred from the name-level record count alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Fine art and paintings
- Works on paper and prints
- Sculpture and mixed media
- Decorative art and editions
Value drivers
- Compare medium, dimensions, date, and any documented period or series.
- Assess condition, restoration history, and surface quality.
- Check signatures, inscriptions, edition information, and attribution confidence.
- Review provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references when documented.
- Use recent public auction results only when the compared lots have sufficiently similar object characteristics and attribution.
Appraisal caveats
- The artist's public identity has not been established by the collected sources.
- The listed categories are database-level auction groupings, not a verified catalogue of the artist's oeuvre.
- Public auction records may omit private sales and may differ in whether fees or buyer premiums are reflected.
- Condition, attribution, authentication, and record-matching errors can materially affect any appraisal conclusion.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: low confidence, thin source quality.
- Wikidata 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
How much is Thelma Thal 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 Thelma Thal artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.