# Kevin Best artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/kevin-best/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:03:34.554Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1932-01-27
- Death date: 2012-07-31
- Nationality: Australian

## About Kevin Best

Kevin John Best (1932–2012) was an Australian artist and painter who is also identified by the honorific OAM. The available authority data establishes his identity and lifespan, but the collected public sources do not provide enough institution-grade detail to assign a movement, school, or documented career period responsibly. Collectors may encounter works attributed to him through auction records matched under both Kevin Best and Kevin John Best. Appraisily's current public index organizes those records across fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. These are broad search categories rather than a definitive catalogue of his practice. Because the source pack contains limited scholarly discussion of his materials, subjects, exhibitions, or series, individual works should be assessed from their inscriptions, stated medium, dimensions, condition, provenance, and auction documentation. Further museum, estate, or catalogue research would strengthen the art-historical account.

## Common works and media

The collected Appraisily auction index groups Kevin Best records under fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Because the source pack does not contain a museum collection record, catalogue raisonné, or detailed artist biography describing his established media and subjects, these categories should be used as discovery aids rather than proof that every listed work type formed part of his documented practice.

## Market and appraisal context

Kevin Best's public auction results should be compared at the level of the individual object. Relevant considerations include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, and the confidence of the attribution. Recent results are most useful when the comparable works share these characteristics. Appraisily's index reports a meaningful body of matched records, but its broad category labels do not establish which media or subjects define the artist's market. Public auction data may also omit private transactions, and reported prices may not be directly comparable when fees or buyer's premiums are handled differently.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6395829
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/451481
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Best
- Wikipedia: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/kevin-best/