David M. Spindel Auction Prices and Value Guide

David M. Spindel auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 228 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

David M. Spindel auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
David M. Spindel
Source records
228
Market update
2026-02-16

David M. Spindel market snapshot

David M. Spindel shows thin auction liquidity with 13 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $35. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-05-08.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (100.0% · 10 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2024-05-08

Artist context

About David M. Spindel

Nationality

American

Also known as

David Michael Spindel

David M. Spindel is an American photographer whose professional career reportedly began in 1964. Public sources describe an early focus on still-life objects followed by an expansion into portraiture. He is especially associated with photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono made during the 1980 recording sessions for Double Fantasy. Spindel's official site also presents a substantial baseball-related practice encompassing athlete portraits, collectibles, and memorabilia, including images connected with figures such as Joe DiMaggio. Another documented part of his work combines baseball memorabilia in collage form, while the official site extends his memorabilia subjects to Wild West figures and historical themes. Collectors may therefore encounter his name across music photography, celebrity and athlete portraiture, still-life studies, memorabilia imagery, and photographic collage. The available sources support these subjects and media but do not associate Spindel with a named art movement or provide verified birth and death dates.

PhotographyPhotographic collage incorporating baseball memorabiliaStill-life objectsPortraitsJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono during the Double Fantasy recording sessionsBaseball players, collectibles, and memorabilia

Common works and media

Works documented in the collected sources include still-life photographs, portraits, photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono during the Double Fantasy sessions, baseball-player portraits, images of baseball collectibles, and collages incorporating baseball memorabilia. Spindel's official site also presents memorabilia photography involving Wild West figures and historical themes. The source pack does not establish which print sizes, editions, printing dates, or presentation formats appear most frequently at auction, so those characteristics should be recorded directly from each object and its documentation.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to David M. Spindel should begin by identifying its format and subject and determining whether it belongs to a documented body of work, such as the Double Fantasy sessions, baseball athlete portraits, collectible still lifes, or memorabilia collages. The input associates 228 auction-directory records with his name, but the collected public auction page was rate-limited and supplied no lot-level evidence. Consequently, no price range or market direction can be responsibly stated from this source pack. A valuation should rely on verified comparable sales that match the subject and work type while separately checking attribution, printing information, physical condition, and provenance where independent documentation is available.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Photographs
  • Celebrity and musician portraits
  • Baseball athlete and memorabilia photographs
  • Baseball-memorabilia photographic collages

Value drivers

  1. Identification of the depicted person or memorabilia and its relationship to a documented subject group, such as the Double Fantasy sessions or Spindel's baseball work
  2. Work type and format, particularly whether the object is a portrait or still-life photograph or a collage incorporating baseball memorabilia
  3. Comparison with verified public auction records attributed to David M. Spindel, when matching lot-level records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house catalogues or individual lot records, so it does not support price ranges or market-trend conclusions.
  • The input associates 228 records with this artist name, but the collected Appraisily page returned a rate-limit response; individual attributions, sale dates, realized prices, and lot details were not available for verification.
  • The source pack does not establish edition structures, printing dates, signature conventions, provenance expectations, dimensions, or condition effects for Spindel's photographs.
  • Objects should be matched to the photographer through documented attribution and lot-level evidence rather than subject matter alone.

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 David M. Spindel

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Artist value FAQ

How much is David M. Spindel 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.

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