Morgan Dennis Auction Prices and Value Guide
Morgan Dennis auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 235 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Morgan Dennis auction prices: quick answer
Morgan Dennis auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Morgan Dennis
- Source records
- 235
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Morgan Dennis market snapshot
Morgan Dennis shows deep auction liquidity with 166 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $210. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-14.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (95.0% · 132 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (5.0% · 7 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $200
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 8
- Median shift vs prior year
- +60.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-10-14
Artist context
About Morgan Dennis
Born
1892
Died
1960
Nationality
American
Morgan Dennis was an American illustrator and author whose identity is represented in Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and museum authority records. He is best known for images of dogs, placing much of his documented work within twentieth-century American illustration and commercial art rather than a named modernist movement. Dennis studied with William Harry Warren Bicknell and worked across paintings, illustrations, advertising imagery, and at least one mural. A particularly visible part of his career was the Black and White Scotties advertising campaign commissioned by the Black and White Scotch Whiskey Company. He also entered the art competitions held in connection with the 1936 Summer Olympics. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name on dog subjects, especially Scottish terrier imagery, or on material associated with illustration and advertising. Authority records disagree over whether he was born in 1891 or 1892, although they broadly agree that he died in 1960; 1892 is used here provisionally.
IllustrationPaintingMural paintingAdvertising illustrationDogsScottish terriers
Common works and media
Available sources most strongly associate Dennis with paintings and illustrations of dogs. Scottish terriers are especially relevant because of his Black and White Scotties advertising imagery. The biographical record also identifies a mural titled The Dog House. The source pack does not establish a catalogue of prints, editions, sculptures, ceramics, or other recurring formats, so those categories should not be attributed to Dennis without object-specific evidence.
Market and appraisal context
In appraisal and auction settings, the first task is to identify the object type: an original dog painting, a commercial illustration, mural-related material, or an advertising image connected with the Black and White Scotties campaign. Subject, medium, date, documentation of campaign use, provenance, and condition may distinguish materially different objects. Comparisons should be limited to public auction lots that closely match the work type, subject, dimensions, date, attribution, and condition. The Appraisily artist page indicates auction-record activity, but its underlying lots and realized prices were not exposed in this research pack. No price trend or value range is therefore asserted here, and any appraisal should be based on object-specific evidence and suitable comparable sales.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Dog paintings
- Illustration and commercial art
- Advertising artwork and related material
Value drivers
- Work type and medium, including whether an object is a painting, illustration, mural-related work, or advertising image
- Dog or Scottish terrier subject matter
- Documented relationship to the Black and White Scotties advertising campaign
- Comparable public auction records matched by work category and sale date, when available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected pack does not expose lot-level descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, or edition information.
- No price trend, scarcity claim, or value range can be supported from the available source excerpts.
- The artist's birth year is disputed between authority records, with both 1891 and 1892 represented.
- Object-level attribution should not rely on the artist's name alone, particularly because search results can confuse Morgan Dennis with the actor Dennis Morgan.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- National Gallery of Art museum or university
- Wikipedia wikipedia
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.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Morgan Dennis 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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