# David McLeod Martin artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-mcleod-martin/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:57:57.019Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Scottish
- Common media: Painting

## About David McLeod Martin

David McLeod Martin, also represented in authority records as David M. Martin, is identified by Wikidata and VIAF as a Scottish painter born in 1922. VIAF connects this identity to a Library of Congress authority record and lists a publication titled David Martin paintings 1948–1999. That bibliographic reference indicates a sustained painting practice, but it does not establish a complete exhibition history or catalogue of works. The collected sources do not document a movement, school, preferred subjects, exact birth date, or death date, so those details should not be inferred. Collectors may encounter works attributed to Martin in auction databases: the Appraisily input associates this artist page with 212 records. Because the available biography is limited and the name is not unique, catalogue descriptions and authority-linked identity evidence should be checked before a work is confidently matched to this artist.

## Common works and media

The available authority evidence supports paintings as the relevant work type. VIAF also records a publication concerning David Martin paintings from 1948–1999. The source pack does not provide enough object-level evidence to identify recurring subjects, named series, print editions, drawings, sculptures, or other media, so those categories should remain unassigned until stronger documentation is collected.

## Market and appraisal context

The collected Appraisily input reports 212 auction records associated with this artist page, but the source pack does not expose lot-level descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, or auction-house attributions. The count therefore establishes that market records are associated with the name, not that every result belongs to the same person or is directly comparable. A defensible appraisal should first verify the artist identity and then use only records whose catalogue details can be reviewed. No price trend, typical value range, scarcity claim, or premium for a particular subject can be supported from this source pack alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine authority-based artist identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. For David McLeod Martin, identity evidence is usable, while biographical and lot-level evidence in the collected source pack remains limited.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21467253
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/22064239/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr99027413
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/martin-david-m-b-1922
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-mcleod-martin/