Daniel O'Neill Auction Prices and Value Guide

Daniel O'Neill auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 735 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Daniel O'Neill auction prices: quick answer

Daniel O'Neill auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Daniel O'Neill
Source records
735
Market update
2026-02-16

Daniel O'Neill market snapshot

Daniel O'Neill shows very deep auction liquidity with 537 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,625. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 15 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-01.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (6.8% · 23 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (40.8% · 138 sales)
  • $10,000+ (52.4% · 177 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$14,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
15
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-01

Artist context

About Daniel O'Neill

Born

1920

Died

1974

Nationality

Irish

Daniel O'Neill (1920–1974) was an Irish painter whose identity is consistently recorded by Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and Art UK. Public biographical summaries describe him as a Belfast-born Romantic painter who developed an expressionistic approach. His imagery is associated with emotionally charged concerns such as love, life, death, memory, and human vulnerability. The collected institutional records are stronger on identity and lifespan than on detailed biography, so these stylistic descriptions are best treated as useful context rather than a complete scholarly classification. Collectors principally encounter O'Neill through paintings, while auction data also groups attributed objects under works on paper and prints. Less certain category signals include mixed media, sculpture, decorative art, and editions, each of which requires verification against the individual object. His substantial public auction footprint makes accurate entity matching important: medium, dimensions, signature, date, provenance, condition, and attribution should be checked rather than inferred from the artist's name alone.

RomanticismPaintingWorks on paper and printsSculpture and mixed mediaDecorative art and editionsLove, life, and death

Common works and media

Paintings are the best-supported work type associated with Daniel O'Neill. Appraisily's matched auction data also places attributed objects in works-on-paper and print categories. Some records are classified under sculpture, mixed media, decorative art, or editions, but the collected biographical sources do not establish those categories as central to his practice. For any object offered under his name, confirm the precise medium, support, dimensions, signature or inscriptions, date, condition, provenance, and attribution before selecting comparable sales.

Market and appraisal context

Daniel O'Neill has a substantial body of matched public auction records, but those results should be compared at the level of the individual work. Medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, signature, inscriptions, provenance, exhibition history, and attribution confidence can all affect relevance to an appraisal. Edition information matters for prints or other multiples. Comparable sales are most useful when the objects share important physical and historical characteristics, and reported prices should be normalized for currency, sale date, fees, and buyer's-premium conventions where possible. Public results do not capture every private transaction, and incomplete feeds or later attribution changes may alter the apparent market picture. No record-set median or observed price range should be treated as a prediction for a specific object.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture and mixed media
  • Decorative art and editions

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
  5. Recent public auction results for works comparable in medium, size, date, subject, and condition
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are appraisal inputs rather than definitive valuations.
  • Reported prices may not be directly comparable when buyer's premiums, fees, currencies, or reporting conventions differ.
  • Private sales and incomplete auction feeds may not appear in the available record set.
  • Authentication, attribution changes, condition, and restoration can materially affect an individual work's appraisal.

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 Daniel O'Neill

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Daniel O'Neill 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 Daniel O'Neill artwork?

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