# Raymond Ching artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/raymond-ching/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T12:45:54.244Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: New Zealand
- Common media: Painting, Ornithological illustration

## About Raymond Ching

Raymond Ching (born 1939), also identified as Raymond Harris-Ching and Ray Ching, is a New Zealand painter associated especially with birds, wildlife, and ornithological illustration. Reference records link him across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, and other authority systems, helping distinguish his work in catalogues and auction data. Collectors may encounter his name on wildlife paintings or in connection with illustrated bird publications; the collected biography specifically associates his illustrations with The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds. His work is best described through subject and practice rather than by assigning a formal art movement, because the available source pack does not establish one. For appraisal and entity matching, alternate-name forms matter: records may use Raymond Ching, Raymond Harris-Ching, or Ray Ching. This page therefore emphasizes documented identity, bird and wildlife subject matter, and comparable auction records where available.

## Common works and media

The available sources most clearly support paintings of birds and other wildlife, together with ornithological illustration. Works may be indexed under Raymond Ching, Raymond Harris-Ching, or Ray Ching. The source pack does not establish recurring sculpture, ceramic, poster, or edition categories, so those work types should be assessed from object-specific evidence rather than presumed from the artist record.

## Market and appraisal context

Market interpretation should begin with careful identity matching because the artist may be catalogued as Raymond Ching, Raymond Harris-Ching, or Ray Ching. The source pack supports two broad contexts—bird and wildlife painting, and ornithological illustration—but does not provide lot-level details for medium, dimensions, date, condition, provenance, edition, estimates, or realized prices. Those missing fields should not be assumed. When public auction records are available, comparisons should be limited to lots that clearly match the artist and the same broad work type and subject context. The Appraisily input signals an auction-record set for this artist, but the public page was rate-limited during collection, so no price range, trend, or category frequency can responsibly be stated from this pack alone.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7298663
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Ching
- Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ching
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500130767
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/20387395/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78097324
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/raymond-ching/