Tom Friedman Auction Prices and Value Guide

Tom Friedman auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 181 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Tom Friedman auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Tom Friedman
Source records
181
Market update
2026-02-06

Tom Friedman market snapshot

Tom Friedman shows solid auction liquidity with 126 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (12.3% · 10 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (34.6% · 28 sales)
  • $10,000+ (53.1% · 43 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$889
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
4
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-16

Artist context

About Tom Friedman

Tom Friedman portrait
Masoncheek · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Born

1965

Nationality

American

Tom Friedman (born 1965) is an American conceptual artist and sculptor born in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed a BFA in graphic illustration at Washington University in St. Louis in 1988 and an MFA in sculpture at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1990. Friedman's practice spans sculpture, painting, drawing, video, and installation rather than a single signature medium. His work is also associated with the use of ordinary objects and familiar materials, sometimes organized into geometric arrangements. That range makes medium, construction, and object type important when identifying a work attributed to him. Collectors may encounter freestanding or constructed sculpture, works on paper, paintings, and documentation or components connected with installations. Stable Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, Library of Congress, and MoMA entity pages help distinguish the artist from other people with the same name.

Conceptual artSculpturePaintingDrawingVideoOrdinary objects and familiar materialsGeometric arrangements

Common works and media

Friedman's documented media include sculpture, painting, drawing, video, and installation. Auction and appraisal inquiries may therefore involve constructed three-dimensional objects, paintings, drawings or other works on paper, and materials related to time-based or installed works. Ordinary objects and unconventional materials can be integral to the work rather than incidental components. The available source pack does not establish a complete catalogue of series, editions, or recurring titles, so identification should be based on the particular object's materials, construction, inscriptions, documentation, and ownership history.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisily currently associates this artist page with 181 auction records, but the supplied research pack does not include a category breakdown or individual results. For appraisal, the first questions are therefore what type of work is present, which materials it uses, and how it was constructed. Comparisons should be restricted to publicly reported lots that resemble the object in medium and category. Attribution, dimensions, condition, provenance, date, and any edition information also require object-specific documentation before a valuation conclusion can be reached. The artist's broad practice means that a drawing, constructed sculpture, painting, video-related object, and installation component should not be treated as interchangeable market evidence.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Sculpture and three-dimensional works
  • Paintings
  • Drawings and works on paper

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type, particularly the distinction among sculpture, painting, drawing, video, and installation
  2. The identity, arrangement, and construction of everyday materials used in a work
  3. Comparable public auction records for works in the same medium and category

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack supplies an aggregate auction-record count but no lot-level category distribution or individual sale results.
  • Object-specific appraisal still requires direct examination of attribution, dimensions, condition, provenance, date, materials, and any edition information; those details are not established by this artist-level source pack.
  • Video and installation are documented parts of the artist's practice, but the available evidence does not establish how frequently they appear at auction.

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 Tom Friedman

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Tom Friedman 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 Friedman artwork?

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