Nell Walden Blaine Auction Prices and Value Guide

Nell Walden Blaine auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 212 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Nell Walden Blaine auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Nell Walden Blaine
Source records
212
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Nell Walden Blaine

Nell Blair Walden Blaine (1922–1996) was an American painter and watercolorist born in Richmond, Virginia, whose career centered on New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts. Active in the mid-twentieth century, Blaine is associated with expressionist landscape and still-life painting, producing work across oil, watercolor, and print media. She is documented in the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD), and the Library of Congress authority files, and her work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. With over two hundred works tracked at auction, Blaine's paintings appear with some regularity in the American art secondary market, making her a name collectors encounter in both gallery and estate contexts.

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Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter Blaine's landscape and still-life oil paintings, as well as watercolors and etchings. Her Gloucester, Massachusetts surroundings and New York City environs feature prominently as subjects. Works range from intimate easel-scale paintings to larger canvases, with watercolors and works on paper forming a significant portion of her output.

Market and appraisal context

Nell Blaine's work appears across Post-War American painting and watercolor categories at auction. Her output includes oil paintings, watercolors, and etchings, with landscapes and still lifes being the most commonly offered subjects. Factors that may affect appraisal include the medium and support, dimensions, date of execution, provenance, condition, and exhibition history. With more than 200 documented auction appearances, there is a reasonable volume of comparable data for collectors and appraisers to reference. As always, attribution should be confirmed through expert review or catalogue verification.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Appraisal caveats

  • No major auction-house results were available in this source pack; valuation factors are inferred from artist medium, subject, and total lot count only.
  • Collectors should verify attribution through exhibition records, catalogue entries, or expert review before purchase.

Evidence

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Data basis

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Nell Walden Blaine 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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