# Dan Ostermiller artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/dan-ostermiller/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:34:53.891Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Sculpture

## About Dan Ostermiller

Dan Ostermiller (born 1956) is an American sculptor whose identity is corroborated by Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, and linked library authority records. Public biographical material associates him especially with depictions of animals, a focus that helps explain why collectors encounter his name on figurative and wildlife sculpture. The available sources do not establish a named art movement, exact birth date, formal school, or complete career chronology, so those details should not be inferred. Appraisily's matched auction index currently spans records dated 2007–2026 and places his work across several auction classifications, with sculpture and mixed media the category most directly consistent with the authority records. Buyers may also encounter decorative-art, edition, print, or works-on-paper listings, although auction-house terminology can vary. Ostermiller's works should be matched through his stable authority identifiers as well as his name, particularly when reviewing sculpture featuring animal subject matter.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter Dan Ostermiller through sculpture depicting animals or wildlife. Appraisily's auction classifications also include mixed media, decorative art, editions, prints, and works on paper, but the available evidence does not show that each category forms an equally significant part of his oeuvre. Catalogue descriptions should be checked for medium, dimensions, inscriptions, edition status, casting or production information, condition, provenance, and attribution before comparing works.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public-auction dataset reports 126 records, 112 with prices, across 2007–2026. Those observations can help locate comparables, but they do not establish an object's value by themselves. A defensible comparison should align medium, dimensions, date or career period, animal subject, condition and restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition or catalogue history, and sale recency. Reported totals may not be directly comparable when buyer premiums or fees are handled differently. The dataset may also omit private sales, incomplete feeds, or later attribution changes. Because category concentration is described as broad or sparse, closely matched sculptural lots should take priority over the overall median or full observed range.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity and authority records with matched public-auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Coverage may exclude private transactions and incomplete auction feeds.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5214147
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/59000368/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500349861
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr99004844
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000049627518
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Ostermiller
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/dan-ostermiller/