Moshé Elazar Castel Auction Prices and Value Guide
Moshé Elazar Castel auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,940 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Moshé Elazar Castel auction prices: quick answer
Moshé Elazar Castel auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Moshé Elazar Castel
- Source records
- 1,940
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Moshé Elazar Castel
Moshé Elazar Castel (1909–1991) was an Israeli painter born in Jerusalem. He studied art in Jerusalem and later in Paris, where he lived and worked from the late 1920s through 1940. After returning to Palestine, he settled in the artists' colony of Safed in the Galilee. Castel became associated with the New Horizons (Ofakim Hadashim) movement, a group of Israeli artists who pursued modernist abstraction while engaging with local landscape and cultural identity. His work is held by the Moshe Castel Museum of Art, dedicated to his legacy. Castel is listed in the Bénézit Dictionary of Artists and is recorded in the Library of Congress Name Authority File, the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History, and VIAF.
New Horizons (Ofakim Hadashim)painting
Common works and media
Castel is primarily known as a painter. Works encountered at auction and appraisal include oil paintings on canvas and board, watercolors, and works on paper. His subjects range from figurative compositions and biblical themes to abstracted landscapes inspired by the Galilee region around Safed. Lithographic prints and reproduction posters of his paintings also circulate in the secondary market.
Market and appraisal context
Castel's paintings appear frequently at international and Israeli auction houses, with nearly two thousand documented lots across public sale records. Factors that can affect appraisal include whether the work dates from his influential Paris period or his later Safed years, the medium and scale, provenance history, and condition. Works with strong provenance linking to the artist's estate or known exhibitions tend to carry more weight at appraisal. Collectors should also consider whether a work has been included in museum exhibitions or published in catalogues.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Israeli & International Art
Value drivers
- Large body of work with extensive auction history (approximately 1,940 documented lots)
- Museum-dedicated artist with institutional recognition (Moshe Castel Museum of Art)
Appraisal caveats
- Specific auction prices and sale records should be verified against current databases; the source pack does not include detailed realized-price data.
- Some sources list death year as 1992 rather than 1991; attribution of late works should account for this discrepancy.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Library of Congress library authority
- RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF / OCLC library authority
- 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 Moshé Elazar Castel 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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