# Paul King artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-king/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:12:29.168Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity



## About Paul King

Paul King is identified as a painter in a Wikidata record connected to VIAF and a Library of Congress name authority. The collected public evidence does not yet establish life dates, nationality, training, artistic movement, characteristic subjects, or a verified body of work. Identity therefore remains the central issue for this artist page. “Paul King” is a shared name, and the available Wikipedia result is a disambiguation page rather than a biography of one painter. Appraisily’s input index associates 175 auction records with the public artist page, which explains why collectors may encounter the name in auction-search and appraisal contexts. That record count does not by itself demonstrate that every lot belongs to the authority-record painter. Until museum, estate, catalogue, or readable authority evidence supplies stronger biographical anchors, works should be connected to this entity cautiously and the absence of confirmed details should remain visible.

## Common works and media

The collected evidence identifies Paul King only as a painter and does not establish dependable information about preferred media, subjects, periods, editions, or series. Wikimedia candidates titled “Reflections” and “Peaceful Harbor” are artwork images credited to Paul King, while another candidate is credited more specifically to Paul Bernard King. The source pack does not demonstrate that these works and the collected authority entity represent the same person. They should not be used to define a characteristic body of work without further identity evidence.

## Market and appraisal context

The current source pack does not support a dependable price profile or predictions for works attributed to Paul King. Although the Appraisily input associates 175 records with this page, the public auction page and two linked authority records returned rate-limit responses during collection. The underlying lots could not therefore be checked for consistent identity. Because several people share this name, appraisal should begin with record-level attribution and identity reconciliation rather than relying on the name or aggregate record count alone. Comparable sales become meaningful only after there is adequate evidence that the lots concern the same painter represented by the linked Wikidata, VIAF, and Library of Congress identifiers.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. For Paul King, the present identity evidence is thin and the reported auction records have not yet been reconciled to one verified painter.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121344436
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/26160846548108032720/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2020145573
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_King
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-king/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reflections_by_Paul_King_3980.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peaceful_Harbor_by_Paul_King_3979.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:At_Anchor_by_Paul_Bernard_King,_1934.jpg