Zeev Raban Auction Prices and Value Guide

Zeev Raban auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 171 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Zeev Raban auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Zeev Raban
Source records
171
Market update
2026-02-16

Zeev Raban market snapshot

Zeev Raban shows developing auction liquidity with 46 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-21.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (48.3% · 14 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (48.3% · 14 sales)
  • $10,000+ (3.4% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$4,200
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
+90.9%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-21

Artist context

About Zeev Raban

Zeev Raban portrait
לשכת העיתונות הממשלתית · Public domain · Source

Born

1890

Died

1970

Nationality

Israeli

Also known as

Ze'ev Raban, Wolf Rawicki, Wolf Ravitzki

Zeev Raban (1890–1970), also written Ze'ev Raban and born Wolf Rawicki or Ravitzki, was an Israeli artist whose documented practice included painting, decorative art, industrial design, graphic art, and sculpture. Public authority records connect his identity across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the Library of Congress. The collected biographical material associates him with the Bezalel school style and describes him as an important participant in the formation of Israeli art. His broad practice helps explain why collectors may encounter his name on works that do not fit a single fine-art category: an object may be pictorial, sculptural, decorative, or design-oriented. Name variants matter for entity matching because authority records preserve several transliterations and alternative forms. Appraisily therefore treats the artist identity separately from the attribution of any individual object. A signature or name alone should not be treated as proof that a work is authentic.

Bezalel school stylePaintingGraphic artSculpture and modelingDecorative art

Common works and media

Raban's documented practice encompasses paintings, graphic works, sculpture and modeling, decorative art, and industrial design. Collectors may therefore encounter his name in connection with both fine-art objects and design-oriented material. The available sources do not establish the relative auction frequency of these categories or provide a cataloged list of recurring subjects, editions, or series.

Market and appraisal context

Raban's documented activity across painting, graphics, sculpture, decorative art, and industrial design makes work type a central comparison filter. Name normalization is also important because public records use Zeev, Ze'ev, and other forms. A market review should begin by matching the artist identity and then comparing records within the same documented category and Bezalel-related context when available. The current source pack contains an Appraisily auction-page signal but no lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, edition data, or major-auction-house catalog entries. It therefore does not support price forecasts or claims that one category is more common or valuable than another. Public auction comparables should be evaluated only when their attribution and object type are sufficiently clear.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Object type within Raban's documented practice, such as painting, graphic art, sculpture, decorative art, or industrial design
  2. Artist-name and authority-record matching across Zeev, Ze'ev, and documented birth-name variants
  3. Documented association with the Bezalel school style
  4. Comparable public auction records matched to the same artist identity and work type, when sufficiently documented

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not provide lot-level descriptions, realized prices, sale dates, provenance, condition, edition information, or major-auction-house catalog entries.
  • No supported conclusion can be drawn from this source pack about which work categories appear most often at auction or command higher prices.
  • The captured VIAF cluster includes numerous transliterated forms and should be checked for possible authority conflation before less familiar aliases are published.

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 Zeev Raban

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Zeev Raban 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 Zeev Raban artwork?

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