# Goran Warff artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/goran-warff/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:32:31.964Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1933-09-17
- Death date: 2022-05-17
- Nationality: Swedish
- Common media: Glass, Designed glassware

## Portrait

![Goran Warff](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/G%C3%B6ran_W%C3%A4rff.jpg)
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G%C3%B6ran_W%C3%A4rff.jpg

## About Goran Warff

Goran Warff is the public-page name used here for Göran Adolf Henry Wärff (1933–2022), a Swedish glass artist and designer. Authority data identifies him as Göran Wärff, while Swedish biographical material supplies his full name and dates. The collected evidence securely places glass at the center of his practice, but it does not document a particular movement, workshop history, named series, or recurring subject. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name in relation to art glass and designed glassware, with spelling variations caused by the omission of Swedish diacritics in some records. Appraisily treats Goran Warff, Göran Wärff, and the full Swedish form as name variants for entity matching. This profile intentionally avoids adding undocumented claims about affiliations or production periods, and it separates established identity facts from auction-record interpretation.

## Common works and media

The source pack supports glass and designed glassware as the documented medium and work context. It does not identify paintings, prints, ceramics, drawings, posters, numbered editions, named series, or recurring subjects. Individual auction objects should therefore be classified from their own catalog records rather than from assumptions based solely on the artist name.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected pack reports 223 records associated with this artist page, but no lot-level descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, or auction-house commentary were successfully retrieved. The count shows that the name appears repeatedly in the auction directory; it does not establish a price range, demand trend, scarcity, or category hierarchy. For that reason, this profile does not make artist-specific valuation claims. A defensible appraisal would need direct review of relevant public sales and comparable lots, with record details checked rather than inferred from the directory count alone. Until that evidence is available, market conclusions should remain provisional and clearly separated from the established identity research.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This profile currently has stronger identity evidence than lot-level market evidence.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28070802
- Wikipedia: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ran_W%C3%A4rff
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500478751
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/308267301/
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/296652
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/goran-warff/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G%C3%B6ran_W%C3%A4rff.jpg