Daniel Smith Auction Prices and Value Guide
Daniel Smith auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 199 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Daniel Smith auction prices: quick answer
Daniel Smith auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Daniel Smith
- Source records
- 199
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Daniel Smith market snapshot
Daniel Smith shows solid auction liquidity with 100 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-09.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (45.8% · 33 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (41.7% · 30 sales)
- $10,000+ (12.5% · 9 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $3,750
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 8
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-09
Artist context
About Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith is not yet securely identified from the public sources collected for this page. The strongest authority match found by name points to a historical American politician and surveyor who lived from 1748 to 1818, not to a documented visual artist. That authority identity therefore should not be attached to the auction records. Because Daniel Smith is a common name and the current source pack contains no museum biography, artist estate, official catalogue, or reliable artist profile connecting a particular person to these works, details such as nationality, dates, artistic movement, media, and subjects remain unresolved. Collectors may encounter works catalogued under this name, but the attribution should be evaluated from each object and its auction documentation rather than inferred from the name alone. Further research should begin with signed works, inscriptions, provenance, sale catalogues, and any biographical details supplied by the auction houses.
Common works and media
No common medium, subject, edition type, or body of work can be established from the collected source pack. Paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and other categories should not be assigned to this artist page until the underlying auction lots have been reviewed and separated by maker where necessary.
Market and appraisal context
The available evidence is insufficient to describe a unified market for one securely identified artist named Daniel Smith. Appraisal should begin by determining whether the records belong to the same maker and whether each attribution is supported by a signature, inscription, provenance, catalogue entry, or other object-specific evidence. Medium, dimensions, subject, creation date, condition, attribution wording, and sale venue may become relevant once they are documented in the underlying records. Comparable sales should be restricted to works that can reasonably be connected to the same artist; results sharing only the name should not be treated as reliable comparables.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not establish which Daniel Smith created the works represented by the auction directory.
- No supported medium, subject, date range, nationality, movement, or artist biography can be assigned from the available evidence.
- Individual works require object-level review of signatures, inscriptions, provenance, dimensions, medium, condition, and auction-catalogue attribution before selecting comparable sales.
- Records belonging to different artists with the common name Daniel Smith may be combined in the directory.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: low confidence, insufficient source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Daniel Smith 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 Smith artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.