# Samuel Yellin artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T17:06:12.723Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Metalwork, Metal design

## About Samuel Yellin

Samuel Yellin was an American master blacksmith and metalworker whose principal authority records give his life years as 1885–1940. VIAF also records the fuller name Samuel Alexander Yellin, while Getty ULAN, Wikidata, Britannica, and library identifiers connect the same maker across research systems. He is most securely situated in the history of blacksmithing and metal design; the collected sources do not provide sufficient evidence to assign a more specific artistic movement. Collectors encounter Yellin’s name in decorative-art and sculpture or mixed-media auction listings, although those aggregated categories can cover materially different objects. For appraisal, the first task is to confirm the identity and attribution attached to an object and document its medium, dimensions, date, inscriptions, condition, and provenance. Public auction records can then provide useful comparisons, but only after filtering for genuinely similar objects rather than treating every result associated with the name as part of one uniform market.

## Common works and media

The strongest source-backed description of Yellin’s work is metalwork and metal design, reflecting his identification as a master blacksmith and American metalworker. In the collected auction index, matched objects appear under broad headings that include decorative art and editions and sculpture or mixed media. These aggregator categories should not be treated as proof that every listed object is correctly attributed or that Yellin routinely worked in every medium contained within them. A useful object record should identify the metal or other medium, construction, dimensions, inscriptions or marks, date or estimated period, condition, restoration, provenance, and the precise attribution language used by the auction house.

## Market and appraisal context

Samuel Yellin auction results should be compared at the object level. Medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, surface quality, inscriptions, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references can all affect whether one record is a meaningful comparable for another. The collected Appraisily index contains numerous matched records, but its category coverage is broad and some records may reflect incomplete feeds or changing attribution. Realized prices should therefore be checked for reporting conventions and compared with sales of closely related objects. Public auction data can establish context, but it does not replace physical examination, condition analysis, provenance research, or an appraisal tailored to the specific property.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched artist identity data with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and attribution revisions may not be represented.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412975
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/55602173/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500006910
- Encyclopædia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Yellin
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85277066
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Yellin
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/samuel-yellin/