# David Spiller artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-spiller/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:25:50.433Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: British
- Movements: Pop art context
- Common media: Painting

## About David Spiller

David Spiller (1942–2018) was a British artist identified by Wikidata as an English Pop artist and by VIAF as an English painter. His public biographical record places him in a Pop art context, while a secondary source notes that Disney cartoon characters often appeared in his work. That combination of painting, popular-culture imagery, and recognizable cartoon subjects helps explain why collectors encounter his name in auction and appraisal searches. For entity matching, the most useful identifiers are Wikidata Q16555484, VIAF 23340335, and the linked library authority records, which distinguish him from other people named David Spiller. Collectors should still verify that a work belongs to this artist rather than relying on the name alone, especially when catalogue descriptions are incomplete. The available source pack supports his basic identity, life years, painting practice, and Pop-art association, but provides limited detail about training, exhibitions, named series, or a broader range of media.

## Common works and media

Authority data describes David Spiller as a painter, making paintings the clearest documented work type for appraisal and auction matching. A secondary biographical source says his work often featured Disney cartoon characters, placing recognizable popular-culture imagery among the subjects collectors may encounter. The collected sources do not establish a complete catalogue of media, named series, print editions, sculptures, ceramics, or other categories, so objects outside painting should be classified from their own physical and documentary evidence rather than assumed to be typical.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by matching the object to the correct David Spiller authority identity. The source pack supports comparing works by type and subject: paintings should be assessed against relevant paintings, while works featuring recognizable Disney cartoon characters may require subject-specific comparables. Auction evidence should be evaluated lot by lot using sale date, realized price, and available catalogue details; a record count is not a price forecast. The collected pack includes an Appraisily artist-page signal but no accessible major-auction-house biographies or individual lot records, so it does not support claims about price direction, record prices, rarity, or liquidity. Attribution should remain cautious until the object and its documentation can be connected to the identified British artist born in 1942.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Identity and market evidence are kept distinct so that record counts or name matches are not treated as proof of attribution or value.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16555484
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/23340335/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Spiller
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/spiller-david-19422018
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2009017122
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: https://d-nb.info/gnd/133805743
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/000000037427287X
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/326994
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/david-spiller/