Dorothy Gillespie Auction Prices and Value Guide

Dorothy Gillespie auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 181 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Dorothy Gillespie auction prices: quick answer

Dorothy Gillespie auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Dorothy Gillespie
Source records
181
Market update
2026-02-06

Dorothy Gillespie market snapshot

Dorothy Gillespie shows solid auction liquidity with 93 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $650. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-06.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (68.9% · 31 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (31.1% · 14 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
7
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-08-06

Artist context

About Dorothy Gillespie

Dorothy Gillespie portrait
Herald Staff photo by Eamon Kennedy · Public domain · Source

Born

1920

Died

2012

Nationality

American

Dorothy Gillespie (1920–2012) was an American artist and sculptor whose career extended across more than seven decades. She is especially associated with large, brightly colored abstract sculptures made in metal, while the available biography also documents work on canvas and paper. Gillespie served as artist in residence at New York's Women's Interart Center and was active as a lecturer, mentor, and advocate for women in the arts. These overlapping roles connect her practice with American abstraction and the professional history of women artists, although the collected sources do not assign her to a specific movement or school. Collectors may therefore encounter materially different objects under her name, including metal sculpture, works on canvas, and works on paper. Identifying the medium and format is an important first step when researching or appraising a work attributed to Gillespie.

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Common works and media

Available sources most clearly identify large, colorful abstract metal sculptures. They also document works on canvas and paper, but do not establish named series, print editions, ceramic production, or recurring subjects beyond abstraction. Auction and appraisal records should therefore be organized conservatively by medium, scale, and format.

Market and appraisal context

Market comparison should begin by separating Gillespie's metal sculptures from works on canvas and paper. Scale and format also warrant attention because the available biography particularly emphasizes large abstract metal works. Appraisily's artist page indicates a body of public auction records, but the retrieved source pack does not expose realized prices, sale dates, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, edition information, or other detailed lot data. Those fields should be checked in individual records before selecting comparable sales. Any appraisal conclusion should remain specific to the object and should not treat the artist's aggregate auction-record count as a measure of value.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Metal sculpture
  • Works on canvas
  • Works on paper

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type, particularly the distinction between metal sculpture and two-dimensional works on canvas or paper
  2. Scale and format, because the available biography particularly emphasizes large abstract metal sculptures
  3. Comparable public auction records for works of the same general medium and format, when detailed records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source excerpts do not provide realized prices or detailed lot-level descriptions.
  • Aggregate auction-record counts should not be treated as price indicators.
  • Named series, editions, detailed subject categories, and medium-specific market differences require further documentation.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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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 Dorothy Gillespie

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Dorothy Gillespie 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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