William Lees Judson Auction Prices and Value Guide

William Lees Judson auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 193 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

William Lees Judson auction prices: quick answer

William Lees Judson auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
William Lees Judson
Source records
193
Market update
2026-02-06

William Lees Judson market snapshot

William Lees Judson shows solid auction liquidity with 137 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-07-30.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (44.6% · 33 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (50.0% · 37 sales)
  • $10,000+ (5.4% · 4 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$200
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
4
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-07-30

Artist context

About William Lees Judson

William Lees Judson portrait
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 · Public domain · Source

Born

1842

Died

1928

Nationality

American

William Lees Judson (1842–1928) was an American painter and art educator whose career became closely connected with Los Angeles. USC-linked archival metadata identifies him as the founder of the Los Angeles College of Fine Arts, which became part of the University of Southern California in 1897, and records his arrival in the Los Angeles area in 1893. He also founded Judson Studios with his three sons during the mid-1890s. The family workshop developed a lasting identity in stained glass, while Judson himself is documented as a painter; a circa-1910 archival photograph shows him working outdoors beside the Colorado River. Collectors may therefore encounter his name in several contexts: paintings attributed to Judson, historical material related to Southern California art education, and objects associated with the Judson family studio. These categories should remain distinct because a studio association does not, by itself, demonstrate William Lees Judson’s personal authorship.

PaintingStained glass in the Judson Studios context; personal execution by William Lees Judson is not established for individual studio objects

Common works and media

Painting is the clearest individually supported category: an authority record identifies Judson as a painter, and an archival photograph documents him painting outdoors. Stained glass belongs to a separate studio-associated context because Judson Studios specialized in that medium. An object linked to the studio should not automatically be catalogued as a personally executed William Lees Judson work. The collected sources do not document specific series, editions, recurring subjects, or named works.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin with identity and authorship. A painting attributed to William Lees Judson should be evaluated separately from stained-glass material carrying only a Judson Studios connection. The collected sources establish him as a painter and studio founder, but they do not provide lot-level cataloguing, condition reports, sale dates, realized prices, or a documented price history. Useful comparisons should therefore involve public auction records matched to the same artist identity, medium, work type, and level of attribution. Object-specific documentation is especially important when a work is connected with the broader family studio. No reliable price range, trend, or scarcity conclusion can be drawn from this source pack alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Objects associated with Judson Studios, catalogued separately from personally attributed paintings

Value drivers

  1. Strength of attribution to William Lees Judson, particularly when distinguishing his paintings from objects associated only with Judson Studios
  2. Work type and medium, including the distinction between painted work and stained-glass studio production
  3. Comparable public auction records matched to the same artist identity and work category, when individual records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected pack does not provide lot-level descriptions, condition reports, sale dates, realized prices, or auction-house catalogue entries.
  • A connection to Judson Studios does not by itself establish that William Lees Judson personally designed or executed an object.
  • No price range, market trend, or scarcity conclusion is supported by the collected evidence.

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 William Lees Judson

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Artist value FAQ

How much is William Lees Judson 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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