Marc Sterling Auction Prices and Value Guide

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

Marc Sterling auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Marc Sterling
Source records
280
Market update
2026-02-16

Marc Sterling market snapshot

Marc Sterling shows solid auction liquidity with 133 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,950. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-03.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (36.1% · 22 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (44.3% · 27 sales)
  • $10,000+ (19.7% · 12 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$120
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-03

Artist context

About Marc Sterling

Born

1895

Died

1976

Nationality

French

Also known as

Mordkha Sterling

Marc Sterling (born Mordkha Sterling, 1895–1976) was a French painter born in Minsk. The collected authority record identifies him as a French painter, while the French biographical entry supplies his full birth and death dates and records his death in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Russian- and Ukrainian-language entries also describe him as a painter connected with France, but differ in how they characterize his national or cultural origin. For that reason, the clearest page-level identification is French painter, with the origin question left qualified. The available source pack does not establish a documented movement, school, recurring subject, named series, or medium beyond painting, so those details should not be inferred. Collectors may encounter works catalogued under Marc Sterling or his birth name, Mordkha Sterling. Because the Appraisily input groups many auction-directory records under this name, signatures, inscriptions, dates, provenance, and catalogue attributions should be checked carefully to avoid merging unrelated makers or unsupported claims.

Painting

Common works and media

Painting is the only work type supported by the collected identity sources. The pack does not establish particular painting media, subjects, series, drawings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, posters, or editions, so objects in those categories require separate documentary and catalogue evidence before being associated with Marc Sterling.

Market and appraisal context

The source pack supports identifying Sterling primarily as a painter, but it does not provide accessible major-auction-house catalogues, realized prices, or object-level descriptions. It therefore cannot support a price trend, preferred subject, premium period, edition hierarchy, or artist-specific condition adjustment. For an appraisal, the first task is secure identity matching: compare the catalogued name and any signature or inscription with the Marc Sterling authority records, while treating Mordkha Sterling as a documented alternate name. Object-level conclusions about date, medium, condition, provenance, attribution, and comparable sales should be based on the work itself and on public auction records reviewed separately; none should be presumed from this identity profile.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected pack contains no accessible major-auction-house catalogue entries, realized prices, or object-level lot descriptions.
  • The public Appraisily artist page returned a rate-limit response during collection, so its underlying auction records could not be examined here.
  • No artist-specific conclusions about price trends, favored subjects, premium periods, provenance, condition, editions, or comparable sales are supported by this source pack.
  • Auction-directory records grouped under this name should be checked for homonyms and attribution consistency before they are treated as Marc Sterling comparables.

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 Marc Sterling

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Marc Sterling 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 Marc Sterling artwork?

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