Burton Morris Auction Prices and Value Guide
Burton Morris auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 257 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Burton Morris auction prices: quick answer
Burton Morris auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Burton Morris
- Source records
- 257
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Burton Morris market snapshot
Burton Morris shows deep auction liquidity with 158 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-12.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (61.9% · 39 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (36.5% · 23 sales)
- $10,000+ (1.6% · 1 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $400
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 5
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-12
Artist context
About Burton Morris
Born
1964
Nationality
American
Burton Morris (born 1964) is an American artist associated with contemporary Pop art. Public profiles describe bold, graphic paintings that transform familiar icons and everyday objects into sharply simplified images. Vivid color and radiant outlines are recurring features of his documented style, connecting the work to popular culture and the visual language of recognizable symbols. Collectors may encounter Morris through paintings centered on modern icons or ordinary objects presented with an emphatic, high-impact treatment. Wikidata and VIAF identify him as an American artist, while VIAF connects his identity to Library of Congress, ISNI, and German National Library authority records. These identifiers help distinguish his work and auction records from those of similarly named people. The available evidence is strongest on identity and broad artistic context, but remains limited regarding a detailed career chronology, exhibitions, named series, and institutional collection history.
Pop artContemporary Pop artPaintingModern iconsEveryday objects and popular culture
Common works and media
Public profiles most clearly document paintings in a bold, graphic Pop art style. Commonly described subjects include modern icons, recognizable objects, and imagery drawn from popular culture, often rendered with vivid colors and radiant outlines. The collected evidence does not reliably establish prints, editions, sculptures, ceramics, or other categories as common parts of Morris's auction market.
Market and appraisal context
For appraisal purposes, first confirm that the object and its documentation point to Burton Morris, the American Pop artist represented by the cited authority records. The strongest source-pack indicators are work type and visual context: graphic Pop art paintings, familiar modern icons, everyday objects, vivid color, and radiant outlines. Those attributes can organize research, but they do not authenticate a work by themselves. Appraisily auction records, when available, should be filtered toward genuinely comparable lots and reviewed by sale date and realized price. The collected evidence does not include detailed auction-house catalogue entries, so it cannot support claims about price direction, rarity, edition size, or the relative importance of particular series. Any valuation should remain object-specific and evidence-led.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Contemporary Pop art paintings
Value drivers
- Work type and medium, particularly graphic Pop art paintings
- Subject matter, including modern icons and everyday objects associated with popular culture
- Visual characteristics such as vivid colors and radiant outlines
- Comparable public auction records, sale dates, and realized prices when available
Appraisal caveats
- Do not infer authenticity from subject matter or visual similarity alone.
- The collected evidence does not establish edition sizes, named series, rarity, or price trends.
- Use object-specific documentation and genuinely comparable public auction records when forming a valuation opinion.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Burton Morris 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 Burton Morris artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.