# Jin Ma artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/jin-ma/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:01:34.182Z
Quality: low confidence, insufficient sources

## Artist identity



## About Jin Ma

Jin Ma is the name associated with a substantial set of public auction records, but the collected sources do not yet establish a reliable biography for a single artist. The available Wikidata entry describes a person with a University of Minnesota doctorate, while the similarly titled Wikipedia page concerns a Chinese badminton player. Neither source securely identifies the maker represented by the auction results. The Appraisily index also matches both “Jin Ma” and “Ma Jin,” increasing the risk that records belonging to different people have been grouped together. Until an institution-grade biography, authority record, artist estate, signed-work reference, or well-documented auction-house profile resolves the identity, birth and death dates, nationality, artistic movement, and career history should remain unspecified. Collectors may encounter the name across auction listings, but each work requires object-level attribution research.

## Common works and media

The current auction index applies broad labels that include paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, decorative art, and editions. These categories should be treated as record-set classifications rather than a verified description of one artist’s oeuvre. Before presenting an object as characteristic of Jin Ma, confirm that its maker, medium, date, signature, inscriptions, and provenance connect it to a securely identified artist. Prints and editions also require verification of technique, edition size, impression number, publisher, and condition, while paintings and unique works require close attention to support, dimensions, surface condition, restoration, and attribution history.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily currently reports 151 matched auction records, 102 of them priced, over a 2002–2026 sale-date range. Because the underlying name match is unresolved, aggregate prices should not be treated as a dependable market benchmark for one artist. A useful appraisal starts by confirming the maker through signatures, inscriptions, provenance, catalogue references, and reputable auction-house attribution. The closest comparables should then align in medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration history, and edition status where applicable. Reported results may use different treatments of buyer premiums and fees, while private sales, incomplete feeds, and attribution revisions may be absent. Identity resolution is therefore a necessary step before interpreting the apparent price range or median.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when available. For Jin Ma, the present identity evidence is unresolved, so market records require object-level verification before use.

## Sources

- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/jin-ma/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102136935
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Jin