Letterio Calapai Auction Prices and Value Guide

Letterio Calapai auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 187 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Letterio Calapai auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Letterio Calapai
Source records
187
Market update
2026-02-06

Letterio Calapai market snapshot

Letterio Calapai shows solid auction liquidity with 129 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $375. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-25.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (83.2% · 89 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (16.8% · 18 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$500
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
7
Median shift vs prior year
+33.3%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-25

Artist context

About Letterio Calapai

Letterio Calapai portrait
[Letterio Calapai], ca. 1937 / unidentified photographer. Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Federal Art Project , Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942. Archives of American Art . · Public domain · Source

Born

1902

Died

1993

Nationality

American

Also known as

Leo Calapai

Letterio “Leo” Calapai (1902–1993) was an American artist and educator whose documented public-project work connects him with the federal art programs of Depression-era New York. An Archives of American Art photograph shows Calapai at work around 1937 on Evolution of Communication in American Wars, a mural identified with the Federal Art Project and Works Progress Administration. Collectors may encounter his name in auction records as well as institutional and library authority systems. Stable public profiles connect Calapai with Wikidata, Getty ULAN, MoMA, the National Gallery of Art, the British Museum, and several international authority files. The collected evidence securely establishes his lifespan, American identity, teaching role, and WPA mural activity. It does not yet provide a complete career chronology, an institutionally verified movement classification, a catalogue of works, or a reliable breakdown of the media most frequently appearing at auction.

Mural paintingThe evolution of communication in American wars

Common works and media

The collected sources specifically document Calapai working on a mural for the Federal Art Project around 1937. They do not provide enough accessible museum object data or lot-level auction evidence to identify his most common auction media, subjects, edition formats, or recurring series. Works presented for appraisal should therefore be described from the object and its documentation rather than assigned to a presumed category.

Market and appraisal context

The public source pack confirms an Appraisily artist-auction page but contains no lot-level descriptions or realized-price evidence. It therefore does not support claims about price direction, relative demand by medium, scarcity, or typical value ranges. Market analysis should remain tied to the specific object and to comparable public auction records once work type, sale date, realized price, and auction-house context can be verified. WPA documentation may help establish historical context for a work, but this source set does not demonstrate a price effect. Any appraisal conclusion should clearly separate documented identity and project history from unverified attribution or market assumptions.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Value drivers

  1. Comparable public auction records attributed to Letterio Calapai

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no lot-level descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, provenance records, or medium breakdown.
  • No conclusions about price trends, relative demand, scarcity, or typical value ranges can be supported from the collected evidence.
  • The documented WPA mural activity provides historical context but does not establish how that context affects market value.

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 Letterio Calapai

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Letterio Calapai 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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