Arthur David McCormick Auction Prices and Value Guide

Arthur David McCormick auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 124 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Arthur David McCormick auction prices: quick answer

Arthur David McCormick auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Arthur David McCormick
Source records
124
Market update
2026-02-06

Arthur David McCormick market snapshot

Arthur David McCormick shows developing auction liquidity with 46 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-11.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (42.9% · 12 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (53.6% · 15 sales)
  • $10,000+ (3.6% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,200
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
6
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-11

Artist context

About Arthur David McCormick

Born

1860

Died

1943

Nationality

British

Also known as

A. D. McCormick, Arthur David MacCormick

Arthur David McCormick (1860–1943) was a British painter and illustrator; authority records also identify him as an etcher. His career spans the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and surviving descriptions associate his work with landscapes, historical scenes, naval subjects, and genre scenes. Rather than placing him within a named movement, the available evidence presents him through professional roles and subject specialisms. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings, illustrative compositions, and etchings, with maritime or historical imagery alongside landscape and everyday-life subjects. Authority files also preserve name forms such as A. D. McCormick and Arthur David MacCormick, which are useful when matching catalogues and auction records. The current source pack confirms the broad outline of his identity through Wikidata and VIAF, while Wikipedia supplies the clearest collected summary of his subjects. More detailed institutional biography, training, exhibition history, and collection holdings remain to be established.

PaintingIllustrationEtchingLandscapesHistorical scenesNaval subjectsGenre scenes

Common works and media

Works associated with McCormick include paintings and illustrations of landscapes, historical events, naval subjects, and genre scenes. VIAF also identifies him as an etcher, so impressions attributed to him may appear alongside original painted or illustrative compositions. No documented edition catalogue, named series, or preferred physical medium is established by the current source pack.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisily’s input associates 124 auction records with Arthur David McCormick, but that count is a discovery signal rather than proof that every record is correctly attributed. A useful appraisal should first distinguish among paintings, illustrations, and etchings, then compare works with similar subjects and sale contexts. Landscape, naval, historical, and genre compositions should not automatically be treated as one market category. Relevant public records can help when their work type, dimensions, attribution, sale date, and realized price are documented. The collected source pack does not establish an artist-specific price trend or premium, so conclusions should remain tied to verified object facts and genuinely comparable lots.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Illustrations
  • Etchings

Value drivers

  1. Work type should be identified as painting, illustration, or etching before selecting comparable records.
  2. Comparisons should account for whether the subject is landscape, historical, naval, or genre imagery.
  3. Relevant public auction records should be compared by work type, subject, sale date, and realized price when sufficient lot information is available.

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no detailed major-auction-house lot evidence.
  • No artist-specific price trend, premium, scarcity claim, or forecast can be supported from the collected sources.
  • Authorship and attribution should be verified independently because authority-name variants may complicate record matching.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Arthur David McCormick

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Arthur David McCormick 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 Arthur David McCormick artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.