Thomas Bezanson Auction Prices and Value Guide

Thomas Bezanson auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 299 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Thomas Bezanson auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Thomas Bezanson
Source records
299
Market update
2026-02-06

Thomas Bezanson market snapshot

Thomas Bezanson shows deep auction liquidity with 218 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 24 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-19.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (34.9% · 68 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (63.6% · 124 sales)
  • $10,000+ (1.5% · 3 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,100
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
24
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-19

Artist context

About Thomas Bezanson

Born

1929

Died

2007

Nationality

Canadian

Also known as

Brother Thomas Bezanson, Thomas, Brother, O.S.B.

Thomas Bezanson (1929–2007), also catalogued as Brother Thomas Bezanson and Thomas, Brother, O.S.B., was a Canadian ceramic artist and Benedictine monk active in the United States. Library authority records establish his identity, dates, nationality, and ceramic practice. The collected biographical source describes him as best known for porcelain pottery and technically demanding glazes, with a strong interest in Asian ceramics. It reports that he adapted methods and materials associated with Chinese and Japanese pottery in his own work. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter him through ceramic objects, especially porcelain pottery, rather than through a documented painting or print practice. His name may appear in catalogues in monastic as well as personal forms, making authority matching particularly useful. The source pack does not identify a formal art movement, named series, exact birth or death date, or collection history, so those points remain intentionally unstated rather than inferred.

CeramicsPorcelain potteryComplex ceramic glazes

Common works and media

Public descriptions identify Bezanson primarily with porcelain pottery. Likely appraisal and auction encounters therefore involve ceramic vessels or related pottery objects whose body, form, surface, and glaze can be documented. His published biography also emphasizes technically complex glazes and adaptations of traditional Chinese and Japanese pottery methods and materials. The collected evidence does not establish a practice in paintings, prints, posters, named series, or editioned works, so those categories should not be assigned without object-specific documentation.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a possible Bezanson work begins with confirming attribution across his personal and monastic name forms. The object can then be compared with documented ceramic and porcelain lots sharing relevant material and technical characteristics. Public biographical information emphasizes porcelain and complex glazes, so the ceramic body, glaze, and production evidence warrant precise description. Chinese- or Japanese-derived methods may provide artistic context, but they are not proof of authorship or date. This source pack does not expose lot-level realized prices or major-auction-house analysis. It therefore supports identification and comparison criteria, but not a price trend, scarcity conclusion, or value prediction.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Ceramics and pottery
  • Porcelain pottery

Value drivers

  1. Accurate identification of the ceramic medium, particularly whether the body is porcelain
  2. Documented glaze type, surface character, and technical complexity
  3. Evidence supporting attribution across Thomas Bezanson's personal and monastic name forms
  4. Technical comparison with his documented adaptations of Chinese and Japanese pottery methods and materials

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected sources do not provide lot-level realized prices or major-auction-house commentary, so they do not support a price trend, scarcity claim, or value forecast.
  • Object-level attribution should not be based on Asian influence, porcelain, or glaze appearance alone.
  • Condition, dimensions, provenance, inscriptions, and marks should be documented during appraisal, but this source pack does not establish how those factors affect Bezanson's auction results.

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 Thomas Bezanson

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Artist value FAQ

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