Ormond Gigli Auction Prices and Value Guide
Ormond Gigli auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 168 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Ormond Gigli auction prices: quick answer
Ormond Gigli auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Ormond Gigli
- Source records
- 168
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Ormond Gigli market snapshot
Ormond Gigli shows solid auction liquidity with 109 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $11,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-11-11.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (2.6% · 2 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (39.0% · 30 sales)
- $10,000+ (58.4% · 45 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $0
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 0
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2024-11-11
Artist context
About Ormond Gigli
Born
1925
Died
2019
Nationality
American
Ormond Gigli (1925–2019) was an American photographer and photojournalist whose identity is recorded by Wikidata, VIAF, the Library of Congress, Getty-linked authority data, and other international authority systems. Collectors most often encounter his name in connection with Girls in the Windows, his 1960 color photograph of women posed throughout the windows of a Manhattan brownstone, with additional figures at street level. The carefully arranged urban scene combines fashion, architecture, and the visual rhythm of repeated windows. Its broad circulation through signed photographic prints has made the composition especially visible in auction and collecting contexts. The available source pack firmly supports Gigli's identity, profession, and association with this photograph, but it offers much less detail about his wider career, other bodies of work, exhibition history, or the production history of individual prints.
PhotographyColor photographyWomen posed in architectural windowsManhattan street and architectural scenes
Common works and media
Collectors may encounter Ormond Gigli through photographic prints, especially color prints of Girls in the Windows. That 1960 composition features women in the windows of a Manhattan brownstone and figures beside a car at street level. The source pack does not establish a complete list of his other subjects, print processes, editions, or publication formats, so those characteristics should be documented work by work.
Market and appraisal context
Auction appraisal of an Ormond Gigli photograph should begin by identifying the image and determining whether it is signed. Girls in the Windows is particularly prominent in the available public evidence, and multiple signed copies have appeared in auction contexts. A useful comparison also requires the print's date, dimensions, condition, provenance, and any edition or printing information, although those details must be verified from the object or its documentation. Public sale dates, realized prices, and genuinely comparable lots can provide market context, but the collected sources do not support a price prediction or a complete account of every format in which Gigli's photographs were issued.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Photographs
- Signed photographic prints of Girls in the Windows
Value drivers
- Whether a print is signed
- Image identity and subject, including whether the work is Girls in the Windows
- Comparison with documented public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not contain a major auction-house catalogue entry, detailed edition documentation, or a complete catalogue of Gigli's photographs.
- The Appraisily auction page was rate-limited during collection, so individual lot descriptions, realized prices, and edition details could not be verified from that page.
- A work's signature, print date, dimensions, condition, provenance, and edition information should be verified from the object and supporting records before selecting comparable sales.
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
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Ormond Gigli 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 Ormond Gigli artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.