Andrew Wyeth Auction Prices and Value Guide
Andrew Wyeth auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 2,631 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Andrew Wyeth auction prices: quick answer
Andrew Wyeth auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Andrew Wyeth
- Source records
- 2,631
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Andrew Wyeth market snapshot
Andrew Wyeth shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,138 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 121 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-15.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (54.5% · 408 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (21.9% · 164 sales)
- $10,000+ (23.5% · 176 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $800
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 121
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-15
Artist context
About Andrew Wyeth
Born
1917
Died
2009
Nationality
American
Also known as
Andrew Newell Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), whose full name was Andrew Newell Wyeth, was an American painter and visual artist closely associated with twentieth-century realism and regionalist subject matter. His work repeatedly drew on the land, buildings, and people around Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and his summer surroundings near Cushing, Maine. Although his recognizable imagery is representational, Wyeth reportedly described his own outlook in more abstract terms, reflecting the formal control and emotional atmosphere underlying many compositions. Collectors encounter his art across tempera paintings, watercolors, drybrush works, and drawings. His best-known painting, Christina's World (1948), helped make his rural imagery familiar far beyond specialist art circles. Museum and authority records—including profiles maintained by MoMA, the National Gallery of Art, Getty ULAN, Wikidata, and VIAF—provide stable identifiers for distinguishing Andrew Wyeth from similarly named artists and for connecting works, exhibitions, publications, and auction records to the correct person.
RealismRegionalismTemperaWatercolorDrybrushDrawingRural landscapes and buildings associated with Chadds Ford, PennsylvaniaLand and people around Cushing, MainePeople connected with the artist's home and summer surroundings
Common works and media
Works encountered in collection and appraisal settings may include tempera paintings, watercolors, drybrush compositions, drawings, and other works on paper. Recurring imagery includes rural landscapes, buildings, interiors, and people connected with Wyeth's Pennsylvania and Maine surroundings. Medium labels should be checked carefully against the physical object and its documentation rather than inferred from an image alone.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal of a work attributed to Andrew Wyeth should begin by identifying its medium and technique, since his documented output includes tempera, watercolor, drybrush, and drawing. The subject may also help establish context, particularly when it relates to the people, terrain, or buildings associated with Chadds Ford or Cushing. Relevant public auction results can provide comparison points when the records match the work's medium, subject, date, and physical characteristics. The supplied evidence does not include detailed auction-house cataloguing, provenance, condition, edition information, or individual realized prices, so it does not support a price forecast. Those object-specific details require separate examination before any defensible valuation or attribution conclusion is made.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Tempera paintings
- Watercolors and drybrush works
- Drawings and other works on paper
Value drivers
- Medium and technique, including whether a work is tempera, watercolor, drybrush, or drawing
- Subject matter and its relationship to Wyeth's documented Chadds Ford or Cushing contexts
- Comparison with relevant public auction records and comparable lots when available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record page but no detailed major-auction-house lot records, condition reports, provenance histories, edition data, or individual realized prices.
- The listed auction categories describe documented media likely to appear in appraisal contexts; they do not establish the frequency, scarcity, or value of any particular type.
- No price trend, price prediction, or authentication conclusion can be supported from this source pack alone.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- IdRef library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- National Gallery of Art museum or university
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Andrew Wyeth worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
Can Appraisily value my Andrew Wyeth artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.