Elliot Orr Auction Prices and Value Guide
Elliot Orr auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 106 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Elliot Orr auction prices: quick answer
Elliot Orr auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Elliot Orr
- Source records
- 106
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Elliot Orr market snapshot
Elliot Orr shows solid auction liquidity with 100 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $180. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-30.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (97.9% · 46 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (2.1% · 1 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $80
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 9
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-30
Artist context
About Elliot Orr
Born
1904
Died
1997
Nationality
American
Elliot Orr (1904–1997) was an American painter whose identity is documented by Wikidata, Getty’s Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, and the Library of Congress authority system. The Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art also maintain artist-profile URLs associated with his name. These institutional records provide a useful foundation for distinguishing Orr from people with similar names, although the collected material does not supply a detailed biography or identify a particular movement or school. VIAF’s authority record surfaces the titles City Roof Garden, Figures on Rock Bluff, and Girl with Violin, indicating some of the works through which researchers and collectors may encounter him. Auction listings attributed to Elliot Orr should be matched carefully to his documented lifespan and authority identifiers because the present source pack supports his identity and occupation more strongly than it supports chronology, stylistic development, or a complete catalogue of works.
Painting
Common works and media
The available authority evidence supports painting as Elliot Orr’s documented practice. VIAF also indexes the titles City Roof Garden, Figures on Rock Bluff, and Girl with Violin. Those titles provide limited evidence of works involving an urban setting and figures, but the source pack is not sufficient to define recurring subjects or a signature style. It offers no reliable basis for presenting prints, editions, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, or posters as common Orr auction categories.
Market and appraisal context
The collected Appraisily input associates 106 auction records with Elliot Orr, but the public page was rate-limited and no lot-level records were available in this source pack. An appraisal should therefore begin with identity and attribution, then examine the object’s medium, dimensions, date, condition, provenance, signature or inscriptions, and catalog history. Comparables are most useful when their work type and subject are genuinely similar and their sale dates, realized prices, and auction-house descriptions can be checked. Authority records establish Orr as an American painter active within a 1904–1997 lifespan, but they do not establish current demand, scarcity, authenticity, or a defensible price range for any individual work.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Consistency of the artist attribution with Elliot Orr's documented authority identity and 1904–1997 lifespan
- Work identity and title documentation, including comparison with titles indexed in the authority record
- Comparable public auction records associated with Elliot Orr, reviewed at lot level when sale dates, realized prices, and catalog details are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not provide lot-level medium, dimensions, condition, provenance, attribution language, estimates, realized prices, or sale dates, so it cannot support a price range or market-trend conclusion.
- The Appraisily input reports 106 associated records, but the public artist page was rate-limited during collection and the count could not be independently checked against its displayed lots.
- Two VIAF pages remain accessible for what appears to be the same Getty ULAN identity; the current cluster linked to Wikidata and the Library of Congress is VIAF 120554415.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
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 Elliot Orr 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 Elliot Orr artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.