# Earl Moran artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/earl-moran/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T19:55:50.881Z
Quality: medium confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1893-12-08
- Death date: 1984-01-17
- Nationality: American
- Common media: Illustration, Painting, Photography

## About Earl Moran

Earl Moran (1893–1984), also identified as Earl Steffa Moran, was an American artist described in public profiles as an illustrator, painter, photographer, and creator of pin-up and glamour imagery. His identity is clearest at the broad biographical level: Wikidata supplies his name and lifespan, while several Wikipedia-language profiles corroborate his nationality and overlapping artistic occupations. Collectors are most likely to encounter Moran through figurative pin-up material and works associated with commercial illustration, painting, and photography. These categories can overlap in the market, making the stated medium and production method important: an original painting, a work on paper, a print, and a later reproduction should not be treated as equivalent objects. Appraisily's auction index includes matched records under fine art, paintings, works on paper, prints, editions, and other broad categories. Because the available identity sources do not independently validate every category match, attribution, signature, date, condition, provenance, and object type require work-specific review.

## Common works and media

Public identity sources associate Moran with illustration, painting, photography, pin-up art, and glamour imagery. In appraisal settings, related objects may be catalogued as paintings, works on paper, prints, editions, or other decorative formats. Establish whether an item is an original work, a period print or edition, or a later reproduction before comparing it with auction results.

## Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should begin by matching the object to genuinely comparable Earl Moran lots rather than relying on an artist-wide average. The supplied Appraisily snapshot reports a historical median realized price near $5,975 and an observed range from $10 to $83,650, but these aggregates may combine different media, sizes, dates, conditions, and attribution levels. Original paintings should be separated from works on paper, prints, editions, photographs, and reproductions. Signature and inscription evidence, edition information, provenance, restoration, surface condition, subject matter, and catalogue or exhibition references can all affect comparability. Reported auction totals may also differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees, while private sales and attribution changes may be absent from public feeds.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Public records may be incomplete and should be checked against the individual object's attribution, medium, condition, provenance, and edition status.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3046403
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Moran
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Moran
- Wikipedia: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Moran
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/earl-moran/