Tony O'Malley Auction Prices and Value Guide

Tony O'Malley auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 954 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Tony O'Malley auction prices: quick answer

Tony O'Malley auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Tony O'Malley
Source records
954
Market update
2026-02-16

Tony O'Malley market snapshot

Tony O'Malley shows solid auction liquidity with 55 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-12-04.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (24.3% · 9 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (70.3% · 26 sales)
  • $10,000+ (5.4% · 2 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2024-12-04

Artist context

About Tony O'Malley

Born

1913

Died

2003

Nationality

Irish

Tony O'Malley (1913–2003) was an Irish artist best known as a painter. Born in Callan, County Kilkenny, he was self-taught and drew and painted from childhood. He initially worked as a bank official. After contracting tuberculosis in the 1940s, he painted more seriously while convalescing, later returning for a time to bank work while continuing his art. He began exhibiting in 1951. Collectors encounter O'Malley's name chiefly in relation to paintings, although the available source material does not provide enough institution-grade detail to assign a movement, define recurring subject matter, or identify named series responsibly. His identity is anchored by Wikidata and Getty ULAN records, with additional profiles in international library and museum databases. Research should distinguish this Irish painter from other people named Tony O'Malley, especially when matching images, catalogue entries, and auction records.

Painting

Common works and media

Painting is the only work type clearly established by the collected sources. The source pack does not provide enough reliable detail to characterize recurring subjects, particular painting materials, drawings, print editions, sculptures, ceramics, posters, or named series. Objects in those categories should not be connected to this artist without object-specific cataloguing and provenance evidence.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming that an object is associated with the Irish painter Tony O'Malley rather than another person with the same name. Painting is the clearest supported work category, while Appraisily's artist page provides an auction-record signal for this name. When detailed records are available, comparisons can consider catalogued work type, sale date, realized price, and closely comparable lots. This source pack does not contain enough auction-house evidence to state how condition, provenance, dimensions, subject, period, or attribution wording affect this artist's results specifically. Realized prices describe past transactions rather than future value, and no claim about price direction, scarcity, authenticity, or premiums should be made from these excerpts alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Correct entity match to the Irish painter Tony O'Malley
  2. Work type and medium, with painting being the category clearly established by the available biographical evidence
  3. Comparable public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices when available

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains no usable major-auction-house biography or lot description, so it does not support artist-specific claims about price trends, scarcity, premiums, condition sensitivity, provenance, dimensions, recurring subjects, periods, or attribution terminology.
  • Realized auction prices are historical transactions and should not be treated as forecasts or standalone evidence of authenticity.
  • Several other people named Tony O'Malley appear in public records, making identity reconciliation important before selecting comparables.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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 Tony O'Malley

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Tony O'Malley 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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