Stanley Cursiter Auction Prices and Value Guide

Stanley Cursiter auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 187 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Stanley Cursiter auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Stanley Cursiter
Source records
187
Market update
2026-02-06

Stanley Cursiter market snapshot

Stanley Cursiter shows developing auction liquidity with 23 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $10,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2020-05-30.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (14.3% · 2 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (28.6% · 4 sales)
  • $10,000+ (57.1% · 8 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2020-05-30

Artist context

About Stanley Cursiter

Born

1887

Died

1976

Nationality

Scottish

Stanley Cursiter (1887–1976) was a Scottish painter, printmaker, museum administrator, and writer born in Kirkwall, Orkney. After an apprenticeship as a lithographer, he studied at Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. His practice ranged across landscapes, portraits, and figure subjects, while a notable group of 1913 paintings engaged with Futurist ideas about representing movement—an unusual experiment among British artists of the period. Cursiter also became an influential museum professional. He worked at the National Gallery of Scotland as keeper and, from 1930 to 1948, as director, advocating for a dedicated Scottish national gallery of modern art. Collectors therefore encounter his name in several contexts: as a Scottish modern artist, a portrait and landscape painter, a printmaker, and a figure in the development of Scotland's national collections. Auction records may span these different bodies of work, making artistic phase and work type important points of comparison.

FuturismScottish modern artPaintingPrintmakingLithographyLandscapesPortraitsFigure subjectsMovement and modern urban experience

Common works and media

Works encountered in collection and auction contexts may include landscape paintings, portraits, figure compositions, and prints. Cursiter's 1913 Futurist-inspired paintings form a particularly distinctive historical group because they explore methods of representing movement. Objects should be classified by medium, subject, date, dimensions, inscriptions, and attribution rather than being compared solely by artist name.

Market and appraisal context

Cursiter's market should be considered work by work rather than through a single headline result. Public records may group conventional landscapes, portraits, and figure subjects alongside prints and the comparatively distinctive Futurist-inspired paintings of 1913. Useful comparisons should match medium, subject, date, dimensions, and type of work as closely as possible. Condition, provenance, exhibition history, inscriptions, and the strength of attribution should be checked in the individual lot record before drawing appraisal conclusions. The collected sources confirm an Appraisily auction-record page, but they do not supply a major auction-house biography or detailed sale results. Any valuation should therefore use current comparable lots and verified realized prices when those records are available.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Prints
  • Landscape, portrait, and figure works

Value drivers

  1. Whether a work belongs to the distinctive 1913 Futurist-inspired group or to Cursiter's broader landscape, portrait, or figure practice
  2. Medium and work type, particularly the distinction between paintings and prints
  3. Comparison with similar public auction records using sale date and realized price when detailed records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not contain a major auction-house biography or detailed lot-level sale results.
  • No price trend, record price, or market direction can be established from the supplied evidence alone.
  • Authorship, condition, provenance, inscriptions, dimensions, and sale terms must be verified for the individual object before using auction comparisons.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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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 Stanley Cursiter

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Stanley Cursiter 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 Stanley Cursiter artwork?

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