# Tom Bostelle artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/tom-bostelle/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:06:15.191Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting, Sculpture, Works on paper and prints, Mixed media

## About Tom Bostelle

Tom Bostelle (1925–2005) was an American artist identified in public authority records and described as both a painter and sculptor. The available source pack does not establish a securely documented movement, school, training history, or catalogue raisonné, so his work is best presented through confirmed identity, medium, and market evidence rather than a broader stylistic label. Collectors may encounter Bostelle through paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture, mixed media, and editioned or decorative objects represented in auction listings. Appraisily’s current matched market index spans recorded sales from 2003 through 2024, but automatic name matching and incomplete feeds mean individual records should be checked before they are treated as firm evidence about a particular work. For appraisal purposes, the most useful starting point is a close comparison by object type, medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, signature or inscriptions, provenance, and any edition information.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts may include paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, mixed-media objects, decorative works, and editions attributed to Tom Bostelle. The source pack does not establish a definitive catalogue of subjects or named series. Identification should therefore consider the object’s medium, construction, dimensions, signature or inscriptions, edition markings, date, provenance, condition, and any supporting exhibition or catalogue documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily’s collected market index currently reports 150 matched Tom Bostelle auction records, including 145 priced records, with observed results from $10 to $1,900 and a median near $60. These figures describe the available dataset, not a prediction for an individual object. A useful comparison should match the work’s medium, size, date, subject, condition, attribution, provenance, and edition status as closely as possible. Reported prices may use different treatments of buyer premiums and fees, while private sales and incomplete feeds may be absent. Because the index also relies on artist-name matching, each candidate comparable should be reviewed at lot level before supporting an appraisal conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Automated matches and incomplete feeds are reviewed as evidence sources, not treated as authentication or a final appraisal.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7815012
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/25965418/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82238024
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bostelle
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/tom-bostelle/