# John Maltby artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-maltby/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:20:36.773Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: English
- Common media: Studio pottery, Ceramic sculpture

## About John Maltby

John Maltby is described in the collected biographical source as an English sculptor and studio potter. He completed a two-year apprenticeship with David Leach before establishing a pottery near Crediton in Devon. His practice later shifted in scale: following surgery in 1996 and reduced physical strength, he began making small ceramic sculptures. This combination of vessel-based studio pottery and sculptural ceramics is the clearest documented context in the available source pack. Collectors may therefore encounter works that sit between functional pottery, decorative art, and small-scale sculpture, although the supplied sources do not establish a formal movement, complete chronology, or named series. The public auction index contains a substantial body of name-matched results, helping explain Maltby's regular appearance in appraisal and auction searches. Because an authority record in the pack concerns a different historical John Maltby, identification should depend on the ceramic work, maker marks, provenance, and object-specific evidence rather than the name alone.

## Common works and media

The collected biography supports two principal work types: studio-pottery forms and small ceramic sculptures, particularly sculptures associated with Maltby's practice after 1996. The source pack does not document recurring subjects, named series, edition sizes, or a separate print or painting practice. Objects offered under his name should therefore be assessed through their ceramic construction, form, dimensions, surface, condition, inscriptions or marks, provenance, and relationship to securely attributed examples.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's public index reports 404 matched records, including 369 priced records, across auction dates from 2000 to 2026. It reports a median realized result around $300 and an observed range of $30 to $3,600, but these figures are descriptive rather than predictive. An appraisal should compare similar ceramic forms or sculpture types while considering dimensions, date, career period, condition, restoration, surface quality, signatures or inscriptions, provenance, catalogue references, and attribution confidence. Recent comparable sales are most useful when their reporting basis is consistent, since buyer's premiums, incomplete feeds, private sales, and later attribution changes can make headline results non-equivalent.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public results may be incomplete and should be interpreted alongside attribution, provenance, and condition evidence.

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maltby
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/john-maltby/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108912799