Tjeerd Bottema Auction Prices and Value Guide

Tjeerd Bottema auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 175 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Tjeerd Bottema auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Tjeerd Bottema
Source records
175
Market update
2026-02-06

Tjeerd Bottema market snapshot

Tjeerd Bottema shows solid auction liquidity with 69 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $85. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-15.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (97.6% · 40 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (2.4% · 1 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$130
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
+8.3%
Latest recorded sale
2025-09-15

Artist context

About Tjeerd Bottema

Tjeerd Bottema portrait
Richardkw (Richard VanderNiet, Katwijk) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Born

1884

Died

1978

Nationality

Dutch

Also known as

Tsjeard Bottema

Tjeerd Bottema (1884–1978), also identified as Tsjeard Bottema, was a Dutch painter whose recorded practice also included drawing, illustration, and book-cover design. Authority records from Wikidata and VIAF distinguish him as a personal creator and connect the same identity across national-library catalogues. The available source pack is strongest on identity and occupational scope; it does not establish a specific movement, school, exact life dates, or detailed exhibition history. Collectors may encounter Bottema’s name on autonomous paintings and drawings as well as material created for publishing and illustration. That breadth makes object-level identification especially important: a signed painting, an original drawing, an illustration, and a designed book cover are materially different kinds of property even when they share the same creator. Appraisily therefore treats the artist’s name as the starting point for research and evaluates each object through its medium, physical characteristics, inscriptions, documentation, and relevant comparable records.

PaintingDrawingIllustrationBook-cover design

Common works and media

Public authority descriptions identify Bottema with paintings, drawings, illustrations, and book-cover designs. A collector may therefore encounter unique fine-art objects as well as original material connected with publishing. The available sources do not establish which type appears most frequently at auction, nor do they document named periods, recurring subjects, or edition practices.

Market and appraisal context

Bottema’s market should be approached object by object. This source pack confirms several fields of activity but does not provide accessible lot-level results, category shares, realized prices, edition information, or evidence of price trends. An appraisal should first determine whether the property is an original painting or drawing, an illustration, a book-cover design, or a later reproduction. Attribution, signature and inscription evidence, date, dimensions, materials, condition, provenance, publication history, and the relationship between an original design and its reproduced form can affect comparability. Comparable sales are most useful when they match the work type, medium, subject, period, size, condition, and attribution level. No price forecast is supported by the collected sources alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Identity matching should account for both the Tjeerd and Tsjeard forms of the artist's name
  2. The work type should be established as painting, drawing, illustration, or book-cover design before selecting comparable records

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not expose lot-level descriptions, auction-category shares, realized prices, edition details, or price trends.
  • The Appraisily artist page was rate-limited during collection, so its underlying auction records could not be inspected.
  • No artist-specific market forecast is supported by the available evidence; appraisal requires object-level and comparable-sale research.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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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 Tjeerd Bottema

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Tjeerd Bottema 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.

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