David Stirling Auction Prices and Value Guide
David Stirling auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 280 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
David Stirling auction prices: quick answer
David Stirling auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- David Stirling
- Source records
- 280
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
David Stirling market snapshot
David Stirling shows solid auction liquidity with 84 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $320. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (95.5% · 64 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (4.5% · 3 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $200
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 6
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-16
Artist context
About David Stirling
The collected public sources do not yet establish the identity of the artist represented by auction records under the name David Stirling. The strongest authority match—Wikidata, VIAF, and IdRef—describes David Stirling (1915–1990), a British Army officer associated with the founding of the Special Air Service, rather than a documented visual artist. Attaching that biography, its dates, or its identifiers to an artist page would therefore risk conflating two people who share a name. No museum collection, artist estate, scholarly catalogue, gallery biography, or major auction-house profile in the source pack identifies the maker, artistic movement, working dates, nationality, media, or subjects of the auctioned works. Until an artwork signature, catalogue entry, biographical source, or securely attributed auction record resolves the artist’s identity, the page should present the name cautiously and avoid unsupported biographical or stylistic claims.
Common works and media
The collected evidence does not identify common paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, or other work types by a confirmed artist named David Stirling. Auction records grouped by name should not be treated as one coherent body of work until their creator, media, signatures, dates, and provenance have been reconciled.
Market and appraisal context
Identity is the primary appraisal issue for works catalogued under David Stirling. The authority records collected for this name concern a military officer, and the source pack does not demonstrate that he created the works represented by the auction records. A defensible appraisal should first establish which David Stirling made the object through signatures, inscriptions, labels, provenance, catalogue descriptions, and other object-specific documentation. Only after that match is established should auction results be treated as comparable evidence. The present sources do not support conclusions about typical media, subjects, working period, edition practice, scarcity, price direction, or market level.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Value drivers
- Confirm that a work and its auction record belong to the intended artist rather than the documented military officer of the same name before selecting comparables or drawing valuation conclusions.
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack contains no museum, artist estate, scholarly catalogue, gallery biography, or major auction-house source connecting the authority-record person to visual art.
- The available Appraisily page signal indicates records under the name, but the supplied source excerpt does not identify their media, subjects, dates, creators, or attribution basis.
- No price trend, market level, scarcity claim, or common auction category can be supported from the collected evidence.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: low confidence, thin 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 David Stirling 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 David Stirling artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.