,700–$8,500+ in recent sales); signed and numbered serigraphs typically trade in the

Eyvind Earle Auction Prices and Value Guide

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

Artist
Eyvind Earle
Source records
3,290
Market update
2026-02-06

Eyvind Earle market snapshot

Eyvind Earle shows deep auction liquidity with 475 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $475. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 32 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-21.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (77.3% · 300 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (20.4% · 79 sales)
  • $10,000+ (2.3% · 9 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$325
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
32
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-21

Artist context

About Eyvind Earle

Eyvind Earle (1916–2000) was an American painter, illustrator, and author whose distinctive stylized landscapes made him one of the most recognizable visual artists in mid-century animation. Born in New York City, Earle is best known for his background illustration and styling work on Walt Disney animated films during the 1950s, where his moody, intricate environments gave productions like Sleeping Beauty their signature look. Beyond the studio, Earle maintained a prolific fine-art career focused on landscape painting, serigraphy, and watercolor. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Phoenix Art Museum, the Rahr West Art Museum, and Arizona State University Art Museum, and has been exhibited internationally in numerous solo shows. He died in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in 2000.

Mid-century American animation artAmerican landscape paintingoil paintingserigraphy (silkscreen prints)watercolordrawinglandscape

Common works and media

Earle's most commonly encountered works include landscape serigraphs in editions of varying sizes, original oil-on-canvas or Masonite landscape paintings, watercolor studies, and graphite or ink drawings. Many of his serigraphs depict serene, stylized natural scenes — trees, mountains, and atmospheric light effects — rendered in a highly controlled, decorative style. Works related to his Disney film production background, including concept paintings and production backgrounds, also appear in specialized animation-art auctions. Christmas card designs and published illustration work form an additional collectible category.

Market and appraisal context

Eyvind Earle has a deep and actively traded auction market spanning 529 recorded lots, of which 423 carry realized prices. Auction records stretch from February 2008 through April 2026, demonstrating sustained multi-decade collector demand. The price distribution is wide but concentrated in a mid-range band: the interquartile range runs from $325 to $900, with a median of $500 and a top-end outlier at $22,575. Activity in the most recent 12 months totaled 41 priced lots, down from 61 in the prior 12-month window—suggesting a slight softening in volume but still strong liquidity for a single-artist market. The highest recent result was $8,500 for an original work ("Cherry Blossom Tree" at Toomey & Co., June 2025), and another at $5,080 ("Morning Fog" at John Moran, November 2025). The bulk of traded material consists of signed and numbered serigraphs in the $150–$550 range. Ten or more auction houses appear regularly, with John Moran Auctioneers, Abell Auction, Hill Auction Gallery, Revere Auctions, and Bill Hood & Sons handling the most recent volume. Heritage Auctions, Profiles in History, and RoGallery also recur as significant venues. Works cross categories including serigraphs and screenprints, original oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, and animation-related production art.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Prints
  • Paintings
  • Animation art
  • Serigraphy (silkscreen prints)
  • Watercolor

Value drivers

  1. Medium and format: original oil paintings and unique works typically command higher values than serigraphs or reproductions
  2. Provenance and edition: numbered and signed serigraphs with documented edition size affect appraisal value
  3. Subject matter: landscape subjects and Disney-related works are recurrent categories at auction
  4. Condition: as with works on paper and canvas, condition significantly affects value
  5. Medium and format: original oil or acrylic paintings command the highest results ($1,700–$8,500+ in recent sales); signed and numbered serigraphs typically trade in the $200–$550 range; unsigned or unnumbered prints fall below that band.
  6. Edition size and numbering: Earle serigraphs were issued in editions ranging from roughly 80 to 400+. Lower edition numbers and smaller total editions tend to carry a premium over high-number prints from large editions.

Appraisal caveats

  • Market data in this summary is drawn from biographical and institutional sources, not from direct auction-result analysis. Comparable public auction records should be consulted for specific appraisal guidance.
  • The official Eyvind Earle site (eyvindearle.com) states they do not purchase or consign artwork and directs appraisal inquiries to their contact, which may indicate limited centralized pricing records.
  • All price data is drawn from the Appraisily auction-record index derived from public auction feeds. Prices are hammer or realized prices in the stated currency and do not include buyer's premiums unless the source feed already incorporates them.
  • One recent lot (Vickers & Hoad, November 2025) realized AUD 130; cross-currency comparisons should account for exchange-rate differences at the time of sale.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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