Hayley Lever Auction Prices and Value Guide

Hayley Lever auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 2,280 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Artist
Hayley Lever
Source records
2,280
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Hayley Lever

Richard Hayley Lever (1875–1958) was an Australian-American painter, printmaker, and etcher best known for his vivid marine and coastal landscapes. Born in Bowden, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, on September 28, 1875, he adopted the professional name Hayley Lever early in his career. After formative years studying and working in Europe—including time at the St. Ives art colony in Cornwall—Lever emigrated to the United States in 1911 and settled in New York. He became an active lecturer, teacher, and director of the Studio Art Club in Mount Vernon, New York. Lever's paintings of harbors, boats, and coastal villages—especially scenes of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Monhegan Island, Maine—are his most widely recognized works. His paintings were exhibited in the art competitions at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics.

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Common works and media

Lever worked primarily in oil on canvas and board, watercolor, and etching. His most frequently encountered subjects include harbor scenes, fishing boats, coastal village views, and marine landscapes—especially depictions of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Monhegan Island, Maine. Still lifes, cityscapes, and genre scenes also appear. Etchings and prints survive in editions and are regularly offered at auction.

Market and appraisal context

Hayley Lever maintains a deep and liquid secondary market with 884 tracked auction lots (533 with realized prices) spanning from August 2000 through April 2026. His work crosses a wide price spectrum: recorded prices range from $4 to $134,500, with a median of $1,000 and an interquartile range of $400–$2,750. Major oils—especially Gloucester harbor, Monhegan Island, and St. Ives marine scenes—command the upper tier; a 1905 St. Ives oil realized $3,000 at Black Rock Galleries (March 2025), and a harbor scene fetched $4,572 at Swann Auction Galleries (March 2026). Works on paper and etchings trade in the $100–$400 band. Top houses include Christie's, Sotheby's, Swann, Eldred's, Rago, and James D. Julia alongside regional firms, confirming broad institutional and trade demand. Liquidity remains active with 31 lots in the most recent 12-month window, down modestly from 43 the prior year, suggesting a stable but not accelerating market.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • oil painting
  • watercolor
  • etching
  • printmaking

Value drivers

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Appraisal caveats

  • Over 2,280 auction records exist for this artist, indicating a substantial secondary market; however, this also means quality and attribution vary widely across lots.
  • Some reference sources list Lever's birth year as 1876 rather than 1875; the 1875 date is supported by his birth certificate. This discrepancy does not affect authenticity but may appear in cataloging.
  • Unsigned or poorly documented works attributed to Lever may require expert authentication.
  • The $4–$134,500 price range reflects extreme dispersion; the median ($1,000) and interquartile range ($400–$2,750) are more representative of typical market activity than the maximum.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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Data basis

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