Edward Wolfe Auction Prices and Value Guide

Edward Wolfe auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 333 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Edward Wolfe auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Edward Wolfe
Source records
333
Market update
2026-02-16

Edward Wolfe market snapshot

Edward Wolfe shows solid auction liquidity with 129 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-12.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (60.6% · 40 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (39.4% · 26 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$220
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
2
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-12

Artist context

About Edward Wolfe

Born

1897

Died

1982

Nationality

South African

Also known as

Edward L. G. Wolfe

Edward Wolfe (1897–1982) was a South African painter whose identity is recorded by Tate and multiple international authority systems. Records also use the fuller name Edward L. G. Wolfe. Authority data connects him with titles such as Aisha of the Kasba, The Doorway, Fruit and Flowers, Norfolk Landscape, Laugharne Castle, Marbella, and several named figure subjects. Together, these records indicate a practice encompassing portraits or figure studies, still life, and landscape, although the collected material does not securely assign him to a named movement. Collectors may encounter Wolfe's work catalogued under abbreviated or variant names, making authority matching particularly important. Public sources disagree over whether he died in 1981 or 1982; Tate and a Library of Congress-linked VIAF cluster support 1982, which is used here provisionally. His broader biography, training, chronology, and exhibition history require fuller institutional or estate documentation before being treated as settled fact.

PaintingPortrait and figure subjectsStill lifeLandscape

Common works and media

Authority-linked titles indicate paintings that include portraits or figure subjects, flower and fruit still lifes, architectural scenes, and landscapes. Examples recorded in the authority data include Fruit and Flowers, Norfolk Landscape, Laugharne Castle, The Doorway, Aisha of the Kasba, Hassan, and The Model. Medium and subject should be confirmed from the catalogue record for each individual work.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Edward Wolfe should begin with identity matching, especially because authority systems split the painter across records that disagree on his death year and preserve variant naming. Comparable analysis should separate figure subjects, still lifes, landscapes, and other paintings, then examine closely related public auction records by work type and sale date. The supplied Appraisily signal indicates auction coverage exists, but this source pack contains no lot-level descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, or major-auction-house commentary. Those elements should be verified from the underlying catalogues before drawing a valuation conclusion. No price trend, scarcity claim, or prediction is supported by the collected material.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Verification of the artist's identity and name variants
  2. Subject category, including figure subjects, still life, and landscape
  3. Comparable public auction records for closely related paintings

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected sources do not provide individual lot descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, or major-auction-house commentary.
  • Authority records conflict over whether Wolfe died in 1981 or 1982; cataloguing should account for both dates during identity matching.
  • The evidence does not support claims about price trends, scarcity, or future market performance.

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 Edward Wolfe

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Edward Wolfe 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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