# Dwight Baird artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/dwight-baird/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:36:26.872Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Common media: Paintings, Works on paper and prints, Sculpture and mixed media, Decorative art and editions

## About Dwight Baird

Dwight Baird is an artist represented in Canadian library authority systems and in Appraisily's public auction index. VIAF treats Baird as a personal entity and connects the name with records from Canadian authority contributors and ISNI. Its record associates Baird with titles including For the Love of the Game and Play-ball Montréal, indicating a documented connection to baseball and sports imagery. The collected sources do not establish a birth date, nationality, training, movement, or career chronology, so those details should not be inferred. Collectors may encounter the name in auction listings grouped under paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture or mixed media, and decorative art or editions. These are broad index categories rather than a verified catalogue of Baird's practice. Reliable entity matching should therefore use the authority identifiers alongside the work's title, medium, signature, provenance, and other lot-specific evidence.

## Common works and media

The collected auction index places works attributed to Dwight Baird in broad categories that include paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, decorative art, and editions. VIAF also links Baird with baseball-related titles, providing some support for sports imagery as a subject. Because no catalogue raisonné, museum collection profile, or detailed artist biography was present in the source pack, these categories should guide further research rather than define the artist's complete body of work.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's collected market snapshot reports 449 matched records but only 16 priced records, with a displayed observed range of $10 to $3,000. The same page also reports 416 tracked lots, so its counts should be reconciled before quantitative conclusions are drawn. For appraisal, compare the exact work with records sharing its medium, dimensions, date or period, subject, condition, attribution confidence, signature or inscription status, edition details, and provenance. Exhibition history and catalogue references may also matter when documented. Public auction results are reference points rather than automatic valuations: buyer's premiums, incomplete feeds, private sales, restoration, and later attribution changes can limit comparability. A defensible opinion should prioritize closely matched public sales and direct examination of the object.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity and authority research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Record matching, attribution, condition, and provenance should be verified for the individual object.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139244552
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/316975401/
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000451633625
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/dwight-baird/