# Paul Margocsy artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-margocsy/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:26:31.913Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Australian
- Common media: Watercolour

## About Paul Margocsy

Paul Margocsy is an Australian artist best known for watercolour images of Australian birds and other wildlife. The public identity evidence collected for this page is limited: Wikidata identifies him as an Australian artist, while the available biographical summary describes a self-taught practice and recognition for wildlife art. Collectors are most likely to encounter Margocsy through works on paper centered on bird and wildlife subjects, especially watercolours, although Appraisily's matched auction index also places records in broader categories. The current source pack does not contain a museum biography, official artist site, catalogue raisonné, or major-auction-house profile. Birth and death dates, formal movement affiliations, named series, exhibitions, and institutional holdings therefore remain unstated pending stronger documentation. Auction records can help place individual works in market context, but they do not independently establish authorship, authenticity, or biographical facts.

## Common works and media

The strongest available biographical source identifies watercolour paintings of Australian birds as characteristic of Margocsy's practice and also associates him more broadly with wildlife art. Appraisily's market index groups matched records under fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. These are broad auction categories and should not be interpreted as a definitive catalogue of authenticated media.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public auction records show a secondary-market trail for works attributed to Paul Margocsy, but individual results should be compared cautiously. The most useful comparables align by medium, dimensions, date or career period, condition and restoration, signature or inscriptions, provenance, exhibition or catalogue references, attribution confidence, and subject matter. Edition details matter when an object is a print or other multiple. Reported auction totals may treat buyer's premiums and fees differently, while private sales and incomplete feeds may not appear. Because the current source pack contains no major-auction-house artist profile, these records should be treated as an appraisal starting point rather than a price forecast, authentication opinion, or guarantee of a future result.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7152197
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Margocsy
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/paul-margocsy/