Tom Cramer Auction Prices and Value Guide
Tom Cramer auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 206 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Tom Cramer auction prices: quick answer
Tom Cramer auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Tom Cramer
- Source records
- 206
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Tom Cramer market snapshot
Tom Cramer shows solid auction liquidity with 99 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $170. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-01.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (100.0% · 96 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $110
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 7
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-01
Artist context
About Tom Cramer
Nationality
American
Tom Cramer is an American artist based in Portland, Oregon. The public identity material gathered for this page describes him as especially known for intricately carved and painted wood reliefs, with organic and technological influences informing the visual language of his work. He is closely associated with Portland's art community. Collectors may encounter his name across reliefs and other fine-art categories represented in public auction records, including paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, and editions. Those auction classifications are broad and should not be treated as a catalogue of authenticated work. The collected source pack does not provide a birth date, formal movement affiliation, or institution-grade catalogue entry, so this profile avoids assigning them. Identification should therefore rely on the individual object's materials, construction, signature or inscriptions, provenance, and comparison with documented examples.
Carved and painted wood reliefs
Common works and media
The clearest biographical source identifies carved and painted wood reliefs as Cramer's characteristic work. Appraisily's matched auction index also groups records under paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Because these are broad auction classifications, they should be verified against the object's materials, dimensions, signature, inscriptions, and provenance rather than treated as a definitive catalogue of the artist's output.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily's collected market data places matched Tom Cramer records across several broad auction categories rather than one narrowly defined segment. For appraisal purposes, the most useful comparisons are works with similar medium, dimensions, date, construction, subject matter, and condition. A carved and painted relief should ordinarily be compared with related reliefs rather than with prints or general decorative-art lots. Signature, inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, restoration, and attribution confidence can also affect comparability. Public results may omit private transactions or contain incomplete reporting, and some prices may include buyer premiums or fees. These records support comparison but do not replace object-level inspection or authentication.
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
- Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Recent comparable public-auction sales for similar works
- Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand
Appraisal caveats
- Treat public-auction records as a starting point rather than a final appraisal.
- Compare results reported with and without buyer premiums or fees on a like-for-like basis.
- Allow for possible gaps in private-sale and auction-feed coverage.
- Confirm authorship, condition, provenance, and any edition information before relying on comparable results.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium 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 Tom Cramer 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 Tom Cramer artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.