Levi Wells Prentice Auction Prices and Value Guide

Levi Wells Prentice auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 287 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Levi Wells Prentice auction prices: quick answer

Levi Wells Prentice auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Levi Wells Prentice
Source records
287
Market update
2026-02-16

Levi Wells Prentice market snapshot

Levi Wells Prentice shows deep auction liquidity with 159 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $8,125. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-19.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (11.0% · 12 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (45.9% · 50 sales)
  • $10,000+ (43.1% · 47 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,400
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
2
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-19

Artist context

About Levi Wells Prentice

Born

1851

Died

1935

Nationality

American

Also known as

Prentice, Levi Wells

Levi Wells Prentice (1851–1935) was an American painter whose public authority records identify him consistently as an American artist and painter. Collectors most often encounter his name in connection with still-life and landscape painting, especially compositions centered on fruit. Public biographical summaries also associate him with the Hudson River School, although the collected source pack does not contain a museum or scholarly record strong enough to treat that affiliation as fully settled. His online identity is well anchored across Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress authority system, and ISNI, which point to the same person and life years. For an Appraisily page, the clearest entity signals are therefore his full name, 1851–1935 dates, American identity, painter occupation, and the distinction between fruit still lifes and landscapes. Those signals help separate the artist from similarly named people and organize auction records by relevant work type.

Hudson River School associationPaintingFruit still lifesStill lifesLandscapes

Common works and media

Commonly documented works are paintings in two broad groups: fruit-centered still lifes and landscapes. The source pack does not establish particular paint types, supports, print editions, sculptures, ceramics, posters, or named series, so those categories should not be attributed to Prentice without object-level evidence.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by determining whether a record concerns a fruit still life, another still-life subject, or a landscape, because these are the work categories supported by the collected sources and they provide the safest basis for selecting comparable lots. The supplied Appraisily inventory reports 287 records, but the source pack includes no accessible major-auction-house result, catalogue entry, or lot-level evidence from which to infer a price trend. Any valuation should therefore rely on verified comparable sales for the same work type and assess attribution, medium, dimensions, condition, provenance, signature, sale date, and realized price only when those details are documented in the underlying records.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fruit still-life paintings
  • Other still-life paintings
  • Landscape paintings

Value drivers

  1. Match comparable lots by documented work type, distinguishing fruit still lifes, other still lifes, and landscapes
  2. Use sale dates, realized prices, and comparable-lot details only when they are available in the underlying auction records

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house result or lot-level catalogue entry, so it does not support price ranges, price trends, or claims about market direction.
  • The supplied Appraisily inventory reports 287 records, but the collected page response was rate-limited and did not expose individual sale details.
  • Attribution, medium, dimensions, condition, provenance, signature, and edition status must be established from object-level and lot-level evidence rather than inferred from the artist identity sources.

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 Levi Wells Prentice

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Levi Wells Prentice 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 Levi Wells Prentice artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.