We are a resource for Canadian art collecting and education. We maintain an index of artworks, images, and prices realised at public auctions in Canada since 2001.
If you know the artist and find their name on our website, look for the value we estimated.
If the value is over $1,000, you should contact the auction house listed on this page or find an art gallery in your neighbourhood.
If you cannot identify the artist or cannot find their name listed on any website with art price records,
We do not buy, sell, consign, or hold art auction events. We are not art specialists and cannot advise on the value of an artwork.
For contemporary artists, you can check out art galleries in your city or browse online.
For resale art, you can check:
We do not buy, sell, consign, or hold art auction events. We are not art specialists and cannot advise on the value of an artwork.
You can check the value page for the estimate we are calculating based on the sale records in our database.
We also display the price for the best sale and, for some artists, a sale record that gives biographic information.
To see the price for other artworks you are interested in, please create an account and buy a subscription for only $10.
The subscription is a one-time payment with no other monthly or yearly charges.
All information available on our website is collected from public sale records published by auction houses.
We do not represent any artists and do not have their contact information.
You can try to find their website or social media page on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
All information available on our website is collected from public sale records published by auction houses.
You can try to ask them directly, though this information is usually confidential.
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We are a low-budget online operation, and we use our own time to look after these concerns.
Yes, we do.
Please use https://artvalue.ca/api/value/?q=artist_name to get the info we display on artist's value page.
If you know the artist iden, you will get as reponse only that artist. Please use https://artvalue.ca/api/value/?q=artist_iden.
Please use https://artvalue.ca/search/suggestions?q=artist_name&limit=count to get a list of artists matching the search term q.
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Currently, we do not provide this service.
We load public auction sale records only from leading Canadian Art auction houses after major auction events and at the end of the year.
The artist value we estimate is calculated from the top 5 - 10 sales records. For artists with many records, this value does not change dramatically during the year.
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