# Peter Kingston artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/peter-kingston/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:19:25.195Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Australian
- Common media: Paintings, Works on paper and prints, Sculpture and mixed media, Decorative art and editions

## About Peter Kingston

Peter Kingston (1943–2022) was an Australian artist and heritage activist associated in public accounts with images of Sydney Harbour. VIAF connects his identity to several international library authority records, while Wikidata and Wikipedia corroborate his identity as an Australian artist. His Harbour subject matter supplies the clearest context available in the collected sources: collectors may encounter interpretations of Sydney’s waterfront alongside a broader auction record that includes paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, and editions. Appraisily’s market index contains a substantial body of matched records under his name, making accurate identity matching and work-level comparison important. The available source pack does not establish a formal movement or school, nor does it provide exact birth and death dates. It also contains a death-year conflict: Wikidata’s collected description says 2021, while VIAF and Wikipedia give 2022. This profile uses 2022 provisionally because two collected sources support it.

## Common works and media

The collected auction evidence groups Peter Kingston material across fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Sydney Harbour is the best-supported recurring subject in the available biographical material. Because the source pack does not provide a catalogue raisonné or detailed medium-by-medium chronology, individual works should be described from their physical characteristics, inscriptions, edition details, provenance, and documented date rather than assigned to an unsupported series or period.

## Market and appraisal context

Peter Kingston auction results should be evaluated through closely matched comparables rather than an artist-wide price figure. Medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, signature or inscription, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and attribution confidence can all affect whether two records are meaningfully comparable. Sydney Harbour subjects provide an identifiable thematic reference, but the collected evidence does not establish that every Harbour work belongs to the same series or market tier. Public results may also differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees. Private transactions, incomplete auction feeds, and later attribution changes may be missing, so auction records should support—not replace—physical inspection, identity verification, and condition assessment.

## Appraisily data basis

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

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/78184502/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96981334
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kingston_(artist)
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/peter-kingston/