# Roy Martell Mason artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/roy-martell-mason/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:01:39.418Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Illustration

## About Roy Martell Mason

Roy Martell Mason (1886–1972) was an American painter and illustrator. Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Wikidata align on his identity, while VIAF records the shorter name forms Roy Mason and Roy M. Mason. The collected authority material does not associate him with a documented movement or school, so his page is best framed around his professional roles rather than a speculative stylistic label. Collectors may encounter his name in connection with paintings and illustration-related material, and those formats should not be treated as interchangeable when identifying a work or choosing comparables. His authority identifiers are useful because signatures, catalog entries, and published references may use abbreviated forms of his name. The available sources establish his identity, American nationality, life years, and occupations, but they do not provide enough evidence for a detailed career chronology, exhibition history, or account of his artistic development.

## Common works and media

Authority data identifies Mason as both a painter and an illustrator. Likely appraisal encounters therefore include paintings and illustration-related works or published material bearing his name. The collected evidence does not establish sculptures, ceramics, editioned prints, posters, or other categories as characteristic parts of his output.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should begin by matching the work to the correctly identified Roy Martell Mason and determining whether it is a painting or illustration-related object. His documented shorter name forms make careful identity matching important when reading signatures and catalog records. Comparables should come from genuinely similar work types rather than combining every object associated with his name. Public auction evidence can add sale dates and realized prices when individual records are accessible, but the collected source text does not expose those lot-level details. It therefore supports neither a price range nor claims about market direction, scarcity, or demand. Any valuation should remain tied to the specific object and relevant verified records.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records and auction-house context. When records are available, sale dates, realized prices, attribution details, and comparable lots are assessed alongside the work type.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/95867848/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43133965
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500030185
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/roy-martell-mason/