# Walter Farndon artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/walter-farndon/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T15:35:02.828Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting

## About Walter Farndon

Walter Farndon (1876–1964) is identified by Wikidata as an American painter. The collected entity links also connect his name with authority records at Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, ISNI, and RKD, helping distinguish the artist in catalogues and auction databases. Beyond that core identity, the available public source pack is limited: it does not establish full birth or death dates, training, places of activity, movement affiliations, named series, or documented subjects. Appraisily’s artist input associates 294 auction-directory records with the public Walter Farndon page, so collectors may encounter his name while researching attributed works and comparable sales. Those records require individual review because this research pass does not provide enough evidence to characterize a consistent body of work or support attribution claims. Museum, archival, or catalogue research could substantially strengthen the profile.

## Common works and media

The collected sources identify Farndon as a painter, so paintings are the only work type that can presently be stated with source support. The pack does not establish particular paint media, subjects, prints, drawings, sculpture, editions, posters, series, or recurring auction formats. Listings under his name should therefore be described from the object and its catalogue record rather than from assumptions about a typical Farndon work.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work associated with Walter Farndon should begin by confirming the artist identity and examining the individual lot record. The current source pack establishes only a basic identity and indicates an Appraisily auction-record collection; it does not provide verified medium, dimensions, date, provenance, condition, signature, attribution language, or realized-price details. When public auction records are available, useful comparisons depend on matching the work type and sale date and reviewing the auction house’s attribution and condition information. No price trend or expected value can be supported from this source pack alone, and the reported record count should not be treated as a verified count of works by the artist.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. This profile remains provisional because the collected sources supplied limited biographical and market detail.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38037562
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500048663
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/51594862/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97012446
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/000000011641242X
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/104409
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/walter-farndon/