Ben Austrian Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ben Austrian Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 27, 2024
Ben Austrian, oil on canvas of three chicks
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
Ben Austrian (American 1870-1921), oil on canvas of three chicks, signed lower middle and dated 1908, 8" x 10", frame - 10 1/2" x 12 3/4". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Sep. 27, 2024
Ben Austrian, oil on canvas
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Ben Austrian (American 1870-1921), oil on canvas of a hen and eight chicks, signed lower right and dated 1910, 16" x 20", frame - 24" x 27 3/4". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Sep. 27, 2024
Ben Austrian, oil on canvas
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Ben Austrian (American 1870-1921), oil on canvas two chicks and a shell signed lower right and dated 1908, 8" x 10", frame - 10 1/2" x 12 1/2". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Sep. 14, 2024
Ben Austrian (USA 1870-1921) Landscape Watercolor
Est: $500 - $1,500
Ben Austrian (AMERICAN / PENNSYLVANIA / FLORIDA, 1870 - 1921) watercolor painting on paper depicting a landscape scene with palm trees. Signed to lower left and dated 1915. Mounted in a wooden frame with mat behindacrylic screen. Paper measures approx. 5 3/4" height x 4" width to sight. Measures approx. 16" height x 14" width overall including frame. Some holes in frame. Otherwise, appears in overall good condition. JD/B13/SH:2B
Joshua Kodner
Jul. 18, 2024
Ben Austrian Lithograph Battle of the Chicks
Est: $100 - $200
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921). Lithograph, Battle of the Chicks. Signed in the plate lower right, c. The Art Interchange Co., New York, 1902. 9 1/2" x 35 1/2" (with frame 13" x 39 1/4"). Toning to margins, some losses to color upper left, tear lower right through copyright, staining at center of upper margin, staining through title in lower margin.
Willow Auction House
Jul. 18, 2024
Ben Austrian Lithograph Battle of the Chicks
Est: $100 - $200
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921). Lithograph, Battle of the Chicks. Signed in the plate lower right. 6 3/4" x 34 1/2" (with frame 8 1/2" x 36 1/4"). Small tear center left.
Willow Auction House
Jun. 04, 2024
Ben Austrian (American, 1870–1921) - Still Life with Pineapple and Wrapped Oranges
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Ben Austrian (American, 1870–1921) - Still Life with Pineapple and Wrapped Oranges Oil on canvas 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6cm) Provenance Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Private Collection, Vermont.
Freeman's | Hindman
May. 16, 2024
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921) Chick with Berries and Flowers
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921) Chick with Berries and Flowers oil on canvas signed Ben Austrian (lower right) 12 x 14 inches. This lot is located in Chicago. Property from the Collection of William L. Bernhard and Catherine Cahill, Southampton, New York Note: This work comes from the Southampton, New York home of the collectors Catherine Cahill, now deceased, and William L. Bernhard, who continues to live in their Manhattan Park Avenue home. Lifelong New Yorkers, they spent summers in Southampton and Washington, Connecticut, and winters in Palm Beach, where Ms. Cahill decorated their retreat on Major Alley Way with the noted interior designer, Keith Irvine of Irvine and Fleming. Ms. Cahill was an animal rights activist, and a daughter of John T. Cahill, a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a named partner in the international law firm, Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Mr. Bernhard is a philanthropist and descendant of the Lehman family of investment banking fame. He has served on many Boards of Directors, including the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, Film at Lincoln Center, and the Winston Churchill Foundation..
Freeman’s | Hindman
May. 02, 2024
Ben Austrian Lithograph Battle of the Chicks
Est: $200 - $300
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921). Lithograph, Battle of the Chicks. Signed in the plate lower right. 6 3/4" x 34 1/2" (with frame 8 1/2" x 36 1/4"). Small tear center left.
Willow Auction House
May. 02, 2024
Ben Austrian Lithograph Battle of the Chicks
Est: $200 - $300
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921). Lithograph, Battle of the Chicks. Signed in the plate lower right, c. The Art Interchange Co., New York, 1902. 9 1/2" x 35 1/2" (with frame 13" x 39 1/4"). Toning to margins, some losses to color upper left, tear lower right through copyright, staining at center of upper margin, staining through title in lower margin.
Willow Auction House
Jan. 21, 2024
BEN AUSTRIAN PAINTING FLORIDA PINE FOREST
Est: $500 - $800
AUSTRIAN, Ben, (American, 1870-1921): Path in the Pine Forest, Oil/Card, 6" x 4.75", signed lower right, framed, 8" x 10"
Burchard Galleries Inc
Jan. 01, 2024
Ben Austrian: 1870-1921)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Painting: Ben Austrian (1870-1921), two chicks, oil on canvas. Inscribed and signed, dated 1911. Signed on stretcher "To Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy In loving remembrance of two dear people and their children from Ben Austrian Dec. 12, 1911". 8" x 10", overall 13 1/2" x 15".
Copake Auction Inc.
Nov. 08, 2023
Ben Austrian
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Ben Austrian American, 1870-1921 The Iris Pool, 1920 Signed Ben Austrian and dated 1920. Inscribed To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paterno / New York / With this Painting goes my love / I remembering always your encouragement / in my art, years ago. / Ben Austrian. / The Iris Pool. / Painted by / Ben Austrian / The Royal Pionciana Studio, / Palm Beach / Summer Studio / Clovelly at the Pinnacle / Kempton near Reading, Pa. / value $ 1500.00 on the reverse Oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 48 1/4 inches (Framed: 47 x 59 1/2 inches) The painting is difficult to read under UV light but it appears that there is inpainting in the sky.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 08, 2023
School of Ben Austrian Painting
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
School of Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921) Chicks in Basket; oil on canvas, painting, unsigned. Size: 10'' x 14'', 25 x 36 cm (stretcher); 12.75'' x 16.5'', 32 x 42 cm (frame).
Material Culture
Oct. 27, 2023
Ben Austrian chromolithograph of chicks and hen
Est: $100 - $150
Ben Austrian chromolithograph of chicks and hen in basket, frame - 21 1/2" x 25 1/2". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Oct. 06, 2023
Ben Austrian, oil on canvas
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Ben Austrian (American 1870-1921), oil on canvas of chicks with a grub, signed lower right, 8" x 11". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Oct. 06, 2023
Ben Austrian, oil on canvas
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Ben Austrian (American 1870-1921), oil on canvas of a kitten and chick, copyrighted, signed and dated 1901 lower right, 14 3/4" x 19 5/8". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Sep. 24, 2023
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921) "Hallo! Who Are You", Lithograph
Est: $100 - $200
Description: A Ben Austrian double matted lithograph titled "Hallo! Who Are You", in a silver-tone foliate frame, printed by C. W. Faulkner & Co, London, lower right London, after the original 1903 painting. Type: Print Materials: Paper, glass, wood Markings & Inscriptions: Marked Date: Early 20th century Maker: Ben Austrian Dimensions: 13.5" x 17" the art, 24.5" x 27.75" framed Provenance: From a Reading, Pennsylvania collection
Hoch LTD.
Sep. 21, 2023
Ben Austrian (1870-1921) Hen with Chicks
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Ben Austrian (1870-1921) Hen with Chicks Signed, "Ben Austrian," l.l., oil on panel, framed. (8 3/5 in. x 10 3/5 in. (sight)) Provenance Property from a Private New Jersey Collection. 11 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. (frame)
Freeman's | Hindman
Aug. 22, 2023
Ben Austrian (1870 - 1921) American
Est: $800 - $1,200
Ben Austrian (1870 - 1921) Oil on Canvas, Signed, Measures (8 x 18 inches) w/frame (13 x 23.5 inches) Ben Austrian left school at the age of fifteen and worked as a salesman for several years, while teaching himself to be an artist. He helped promote the business by giving every person that placed an order-no matter how small- an original painting. His painting career began by exhibiting a trompe l'oeil painting called A Day's Hunt that received attention in Philadelphia. However, Austrian's success came from his paintings of chickens. In 1902 he went to Paris, where he opened a studio and in London he was acclaimed "The Landseer of Chickens. "One of his chickens became the famous trademark for the Bon Ami slogan - "hasn't scratched yet."
Cutler Bay Auctions
Jul. 01, 2023
Ben Austrian (1870 - 1921) American
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Ben Austrian (1870 - 1921) Oil on Canvas, Signed, Measures (8 x 18 inches) w/frame (13 x 23.5 inches) Ben Austrian left school at the age of fifteen and worked as a salesman for several years, while teaching himself to be an artist. He helped promote the business by giving every person that placed an order-no matter how small- an original painting. His painting career began by exhibiting a trompe l'oeil painting called A Day's Hunt that received attention in Philadelphia. However, Austrian's success came from his paintings of chickens. In 1902 he went to Paris, where he opened a studio and in London he was acclaimed "The Landseer of Chickens. "One of his chickens became the famous trademark for the Bon Ami slogan - "hasn't scratched yet."
Cutler Bay Auctions
Jun. 17, 2023
BEN AUSTRIAN LONE PALM PAINTING FLORIDA 1916
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
AUSTRIAN, Ben, (American, 1870-1921): ''Lone Palm, Florida Coast, Beach, 1916'', Gouache/Paper, 8.75'' x 6.75'', signed lower left and dated 1916, original carved and painted frame, 10.75'' x 8.75''.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Jun. 17, 2023
BEN AUSTRIAN LONE PALM PAINTING
Est: $800 - $1,200
AUSTRIAN, Ben, (American, 1870-1921): Lone Palm on a Beach, Gouache, 6.5'' x 4.5'', signed lower right, original carved and painted frame, 7.5'' x 5.625'', under glass.
Burchard Galleries Inc
May. 21, 2023
Ben Austrian (1870-1921): Golden Glow
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Ben Austrian 1870-1921 Golden Glow oil on canvas 1920; signed and dated lower right, titled and with inscription verso "Painted by Ben Austrian / Winter Studio / The Royal Poinciana / Palm Beach / Summer Studio / Clovelly at the Pinnacle / near Reading, Pa. / To You Mr. Elias Mayen / I consider this Painting the Best I have Painted in the Year 1920 / Ben Austrian"
Abell Auction
May. 21, 2023
BEN AUSTRIAN LANDSCAPE PAINTING 1918
Est: $800 - $1,200
AUSTRIAN, Ben, (American, 1870-1921): Landscape Painting with Open Field and Trees, Oil/Board, 7" x 5", signed lower right, dated 1918, original carved and painted frame, 8.25" x 6.25".
Burchard Galleries Inc
May. 05, 2023
Ben Austrian (American 1870-1921)
Est: $4,000 - $7,000
Ben Austrian (American 1870-1921), oil on canvas of a white hen and fourteen chicks, signed lower right and dated 1913, 20" x 26". Provenance: Estate of Anita Watson of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Pennypacker-Andrews Auction Center, January 24, 1998; The Collection of Jeffrey Gorrin & Susan Fetterolf.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Apr. 29, 2023
Ben Austrian (1870 - 1921) American
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Ben Austrian (1870 - 1921) Oil on Canvas, Signed, Measures (8 x 18 inches) w/frame (13 x 23.5 inches) Ben Austrian left school at the age of fifteen and worked as a salesman for several years, while teaching himself to be an artist. He helped promote the business by giving every person that placed an order-no matter how small- an original painting. His painting career began by exhibiting a trompe l'oeil painting called A Day's Hunt that received attention in Philadelphia. However, Austrian's success came from his paintings of chickens. In 1902 he went to Paris, where he opened a studio and in London he was acclaimed "The Landseer of Chickens. "One of his chickens became the famous trademark for the Bon Ami slogan - "hasn't scratched yet."
Cutler Bay Auctions
Jan. 22, 2023
FINE BEN AUSTRIAN FLORIDA PALM PAINTING
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
AUSTRIAN, Ben, (American, 1870-1921): ''Near Jupiter, Palm Beach, FLA'', Oil/Board, 14'' x 11'', signed lower right, dated 1915, encased in fine period gilded gesso frame, 18.5'' x 15.5''.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Oct. 15, 2022
BEN AUSTRIAN FLORIDA BEACH PALMS PAINTING
Est: $500 - $800
AUSTRIAN, Ben, (American, 1870-1921): Florida Beach with Palms, Oil/Board, 9" x 7", signed lower right and dated 1918, unframed.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Sep. 27, 2022
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921) Twenty-five Chicks and a Yellow Butterfly, 1901
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921) Twenty-five Chicks and a Yellow Butterfly, 1901 oil on canvas signed Ben Austrian and dated (lower right) 10 x 35 inches.
Hindman
Jul. 20, 2022
Ben Austrian chromolithograph
Est: $100 - $150
Ben Austrian chromolithograph, titled Battle of the Chicks, 9" x 36". NO in-house shipping for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Jul. 20, 2022
Ben Austrian chromolithograph
Est: $100 - $150
Ben Austrian chromolithograph, titled Battle of the Chicks, 8" x 35". NO in-house shipping for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Jun. 18, 2022
BEN AUSTRIAN FLORIDA PALM PAINTING
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
AUSTRIAN, Ben, (American, 1870-1921): Lone Leaning Palm, Oil/Paper, 4.75" x 6.5", signed lower right, unframed.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Jun. 06, 2022
BEN AUSTRIAN (AMERICAN, 1870–1921) PUPPY AND CHICKS
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Ben Austrian (American, 1870–1921) Puppy and Chicks Copyrighted, signed and dated 'Copyright/Ben Austrian/1901.' bottom right, oil on canvas 15 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (38.7 x 51.4cm) Provenance Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Acquired directly from the above. Property from the Estate of Virginia M. Ford, Pennsylvania. Frame: 23 x 28 x 1 3/4 in. The heavily relined canvas in overall good to very good condition. Examination under UV light reveals a thick layer of old greenish varnish throughout, except the main subjects, which appear to have been selectively cleaned. With minor inpainting to be seen along the very thin top outer edge (and a small repair at upper left quadrant in the background), as well as along the right outer edge. With a faint repaired horizontal tear (about 1 1/2 in. long) at bottom right, across the broken pot. See specialist's pictures for more details.
Freeman's | Hindman
May. 31, 2022
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921) "White Rabbits and a Chick"
Est: $1,200 - $1,600
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921) "White Rabbits and a Chick," oil on canvas, original frame. Accompanied by a wood advertising box for Bon Ami scouring powder, which used one of Austrian's chicks as the Bon Ami mascot, and continues to do so to this day. Purchased from the former director of the Reading Public Museum, who memorialized in a letter, which accompanies the painting, that a cleaning at one time removed some of the surface paint, along with the signature. Size: 8.5'' x 11.5'', 22 x 29 cm (sight); 16'' x 19'', 41 x 48 cm (frame). Provenance: Private Pennsylvania Collection.
Material Culture
May. 21, 2022
BEN AUSTRIAN FLORIDA COASTAL PALM BEACH PAINTING
Est: $800 - $1,200
AUSTRIAN, Ben, (American, 1870-1921): Florida Coastal Beach Painting with Lone Palm, Oil/Board, 7" x 5", signed lower left, unframed.
Burchard Galleries Inc
May. 17, 2022
Ben Austrian, (1870-1921, Reading, PA), "Autumn," 1919, Oil on canvas, 36" H x 48" W
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Ben Austrian (1870-1921, Reading, PA) "Autumn," 1919 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right: Ben Austrian; titled and inscribed verso: "Painted by Ben Austrian from his studio window Clovelly at the Pinnacle at Kempton near Reading PA. Winter studio The Royal Poinciana Palm Beach Fla." 36" H x 48" W
John Moran Auctioneers
May. 14, 2022
Ben Austrian (1870-1921) Reading/Kempton, PA oil on board
Est: -
ca. 1916; wooded landscape in the evening or early morning, signed lower right in a later gold and silver frame, exhibited at the Reading Public Museum, April-June 1990, 8 1/2"x 6 1/2" image, 14"x 12" framed; [Provenance: Kurt & Valeria Malmberg]; Condition: some inpaint to upper right, minor inpaint spot on lower left
Horst Auctioneers
May. 14, 2022
Ben Austrian (1870-1921) Reading/Kempton, PA oil on canvas
Est: -
ca. 1919; most likely a Florida scene with a tree in the foreground and marshland and forested area in rear, signed and dated lower right, all in a gold frame, 9 1/2"x 7 3/4" image, 11 3/4"x 9 3/4" framed; Condition: excellent & original
Horst Auctioneers
May. 14, 2022
Ben Austrian (1870-1921) Reading/Kempton, PA oil on board
Est: -
ca. 1921; a Florida scene with a tree in the foreground and marshland surrounding, signed and dated lower right, this painting was gifted posthumously by Ben's wife Molly, on reverse "To Stanley Brunner, in loving memory of my dear husband Ben Austrian, Molly Austrian Dec. 18, 1921 Kempton, PA", 6 1/2"x 4 1/2" image, 8 3/4"x 7" framed; Condition: no defects noted, retains the original frame and Ben Austrian's sticker on reverse
Horst Auctioneers
Apr. 23, 2022
FLORIDA PAINTING SIGNED BEN AUSTRIAN
Est: $800 - $1,200
FLORIDA PALM COAST PAINTING SIGNED: Florida Coastal Painting through the Spanish Moss, Oil/Paper, 7" x 4.875", signed lower left Ben Austrian, unframed, from a prestigious Florida collection.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Jan. 14, 2022
Ben Austrian oil on board of a chick and shell
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Ben Austrian (American 1870-1921), oil on board of a chick and shell, signed lower left and dated 1912, 4" x 6". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Jan. 14, 2022
Ben Austrian oil on board of six chicks and a bowl
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Ben Austrian (American 1870-1921), oil on board of six chicks and a bowl, signed lower right and dated 1912, 10" x 12". Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Jan. 14, 2022
Ben Austrian pair of oil on board landscapes
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Ben Austrian (American 1870-1921), pair of oil on board landscapes, both signed lower right and dated 1921, 5" x 7". Provenance: Property deaccessioned from the Reading Public Museum. Competitive in-house shipping is available for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Jan. 08, 2022
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Ben Austrian (American, 1870-1921) Chicks with a Shoe oil on canvas signed and dated lower right 16 x 24 inches (sight) 24 x 32 inches (frame)
Fontaine's Auction Gallery
Dec. 12, 2021
Follower of Ben Austrian (1870-1921) Amer, Pastel
Est: $200 - $400
Barnyard scene with hen in a basket with eleven chicks surrounding her, a cracked egg in foreground. Pastel, signed indistinctly. Some of Ben Austrian's earliest works were of farmyard chicks. The love of animals permeates his work and subjects include hens and their chicks, cats, dogs, horses, game and the occasional fruit still life.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Nov. 11, 2021
Ben Austrian, Wooded Landscape
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Ben Austrian Wooded Landscape 1921 oil on canvas laid to Masonite 28 h × 20 w in (71 × 51 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'Ben Austrian 1921'. Provenance: Pook & Pook, Downington, PA, Period Furniture, Fine Art and Accessories, 21 April 2012, Lot 539 condition: Work is in good overall condition, canvas has been laid to Masonite. A few areas of craquelure throughout, painting has been stabilized. Small repaired puncture and inpainting visible when examined under UV light to upper left quadrant. Work presents well. Framed without glazing measuring 34 x 26 inches.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 17, 2021
BEN AUSTRIAN FLORIDA COASTAL PALMS PAINTING
Est: $800 - $1,200
AUSTRIAN, Ben, (American, 1870-1921): Coastal Palms, Oil/Paper, 6" x 4.75", signed lower right, dated 1915, unframed.
Burchard Galleries Inc