George Spangenberg Paintings & Artwork for Sale | George Spangenberg Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 04, 2024
George Spangenberg (1907-1964), "Mountain Mist"
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
George Spangenberg (1907-1964) "Mountain Mist" Oil on canvas laid to board Signed lower left: G.Spangenberg; signed again and titled verso
John Moran Auctioneers
May. 07, 2024
George Spangenberg (1907-1964), "Valley of the Old Women," circa 1940s
Est: $500 - $700
George Spangenberg (1907-1964) "Valley of the Old Women," circa 1940s Oil on canvas laid to Upson board Signed lower left: G. Spangenberg; titled on a gallery label affixed to the frame's styrofoam backing
John Moran Auctioneers
May. 07, 2024
George Spangenberg (1907-1964), "Viejas Valley Ranch"
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Spangenberg (1907-1964) "Viejas Valley Ranch" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: G. Spangenberg; signed again, titled, and inscribed "Valley of the Old Women" in ink on the upper portion of the stretcher; titled again on a gallery label affixed to the frame, verso
John Moran Auctioneers
Aug. 02, 2023
George Spangenberg (1907-1964) Summertime (Hanging the Laundry) 10 1/4 x 12 in. framed 14 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Spangenberg (1907-1964) Summertime (Hanging the Laundry) signed 'G. Spangenberg' (lower right) and signed again, titled and inscribed 'Alpine, Calif' (on the reverse) oil on canvas laid to board 10 1/4 x 12 in. framed 14 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Aug. 02, 2023
George Spangenberg (1907-1964) Valley Vista, El Cajon, California 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. framed 17 x 21 in.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
George Spangenberg (1907-1964) Valley Vista, El Cajon, California signed 'G. Spangenberg' (lower left) and signed again and titled (on the frame reverse) oil on canvasboard 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. framed 17 x 21 in.
Bonhams
Nov. 22, 2022
George Spangenberg American, 1907-1964 River Landscape
Est: $600 - $900
George Spangenberg American, 1907-1964 River Landscape Signed G. Spangenberg (ll) Oil on canvasboard Sight 9 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches (24.8 x 25.1 cm); board 17 1/2 x 15 inches (44.5 x 38.1 cm) C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 25, 2022
George Spangenberg, (1907-1964), Still life with pink flowers, Oil on canvas board, 12" H x 16" W
Est: $600 - $800
George Spangenberg (1907-1964) Still life with pink flowers Oil on canvas board Signed lower left: G. Spangenberg 12" H x 16" W
John Moran Auctioneers
Jan. 21, 2021
George Spangenberg (American/California, 1907-1964) Landscape
Est: $300 - $500
Oil on artist board. signed 'I. Spangenberg' (lower right).
Cottone Auctions
Jul. 19, 2020
George Spangenberg, (1907-1964, San Diego, CA), "Mountain Hillside, Alpine, CA", Oil on board, 12" H x 14" W
Est: $700 - $900
George Spangenberg (1907-1964, San Diego, CA) "Mountain Hillside, Alpine, CA" Oil on board Signed lower left: G. Spangenberg, signed again and titled on the backing paper 12" H x 14" W
John Moran Auctioneers
Jun. 16, 2020
George Spangenberg (American, 1907–1964), , Cloudy Day
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
George Spangenberg (American, 1907–1964) Cloudy Day Signed 'G. SPANGENBERG' bottom left, oil on canvas laid down to board 23 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (59.7 x 69.2cm) provenance: Avondale Galleries, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Private Collection, Pennsylvania.
Freeman's | Hindman
Aug. 25, 2019
George Spangenberg, (1907-1964 San Diego, CA), "Gull Flight", Oil on canvasboard, 11.25" H x 14" W
Est: $600 - $800
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA) "Gull Flight" Oil on canvasboard Signed lower left: G. Spangenberg, titled on a gallery label affixed to the backing paper 11.25" H x 14" W Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist Estate of Charles Augustus Hill, Point Loma, CA Orr's Gallery, San Diego, CA Private Collection, San Diego, CA
John Moran Auctioneers
Jul. 09, 2018
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA) Roadside House Landscape Painting
Est: -
Born in Buffalo, New York in 1907, George Spangenberg left formal education at an early age to pursue an art career. He studied with Charles Burchfield and John Carlson, and was a graduate of the Buffalo School of Fine Arts. He moved to Southern California in the 1930s. Destitute, he often traded his paintings for food and art supplies. In the late 1940s he moved to Virginia and then to Lockport and Buffalo, New York where he became a member of the Niagara Art Guild. Shortly before his untimely death in 1964, his studio was devastated by fire taking with it the body of his work. Please ask specific questions on details, condition, and shipping prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS, and bidder will be responsible for payment. We box and ship what we can to keep costs low, and use USPS and UPS. Large items, extremely fragile, and high value items will be packed by UPS. Quotes available on request.
One Source Auctions
Oct. 24, 2017
George Spangenberg, (1907 - 1964 San Diego, CA), 'Desert Pride', Oil on canvas, 20' H x 24' W
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
George Spangenberg (1907 - 1964 San Diego, CA) 'Desert Pride' Oil on canvas Signed lower right: G. Spangenberg, titled on the stretcher 20' H x 24' W Provenance: Estate of Charles Augustus Hill, Point Loma, CA, acquired directly from the artist in exchange for room and board. Notes: Framed size: 24.75' H x 28.75' W x 2.25' D.
John Moran Auctioneers
Dec. 10, 2016
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA) Barn with cloudy skyline. OIl on canvas on original artist panel. Mounted and matted in a molded frame. 5 inches height, 6 inches width. Overall: 12 inches height, 13 inches width. Signed lower left. S:
Est: $400 - $600
Barn with cloudy skyline. OIl on canvas on original artist panel. Mounted and matted in a molded frame. 5 inches height, 6 inches width. Overall: 12 inches height, 13 inches width. Signed lower left. S: 5"H x 6"W Good From a Dahlonega, GA home.
Peachtree & Bennett
Oct. 08, 2016
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $400 - $600
Barn with cloudy skyline. OIl on canvas on original artist panel. Mounted and matted in a molded frame. 5 inches height, 6 inches width. Overall: 12 inches height, 13 inches width. Signed lower left. S: 5"H x 6"W Good From a Dahlonega, GA home.
Peachtree & Bennett
Oct. 08, 2016
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $600 - $1,000
Oil on canvas on artist panel. Titled poplars. With original matting and frame, signed lower left in green paint depicting poplars in front of a mountaneous landscape. 7 inches height, 9 inches width. Overall: S: 7"H x 9"W Good From a Dahlonega, GA home.
Peachtree & Bennett
Oct. 08, 2016
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $600 - $1,000
Titled: Morning Flight Mission Bay California G. Spangenber on verso. Mounted on original frame and matting. The painting depicts three birds in flight over houses. Signed lower left. 8 inches height, 9 inches width. Overall 12 inches height, 13 inches width. S: 8"H x 9" From a Dahlonega, GA home.
Peachtree & Bennett
Oct. 08, 2016
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $600 - $1,000
Dessert landscape with mountains and cloudy skyline. Signed lower right. Original mounting and frame. Scratches to the glass, and frame. 8 inches height, 10 inches height. Overal: 12 inches height, 13 inches height. S: 8"H x 10"W Painting in good condition From a Dahlonega, GA home.
Peachtree & Bennett
Sep. 12, 2016
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA) Roadside House Landscape Painting
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Born in Buffalo, New York in 1907, George Spangenberg left formal education at an early age to pursue an art career. He studied with Charles Burchfield and John Carlson, and was a graduate of the Buffalo School of Fine Arts. He moved to Southern California in the 1930s. Destitute, he often traded his paintings for food and art supplies. In the late 1940s he moved to Virginia and then to Lockport and Buffalo, New York where he became a member of the Niagara Art Guild. Shortly before his untimely death in 1964, his studio was devastated by fire taking with it the body of his work. We describe all items to the best of our ability as we are not experts on everything. Please ask specific questions on details or condition prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS Fortunately, his California works had remained in the San Diego area and have since become highly collectable. IS. We box and ship to keep costs low. We do not use a packaging service, unless the costumer prefers us to use them. We can ship either USPS or UPS
One Source Auctions
Oct. 20, 2015
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
''Blue and Gold'', still life with daisies, signed lower right: G. Spangenberg, signed again, titled and numbered verso: #50, oil on board, 20.25'' H x 16'' W, est: $2500/3500.
John Moran Auctioneers
Oct. 20, 2015
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
''Sand Verbena'', signed lower right: G. Spangenberg, signed again and titled on the backing paper, oil on panel, 8'' H x 9'' W, est: $1000/1500.
John Moran Auctioneers
Oct. 20, 2015
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
''Borrego Desert'', signed lower left: G. Spangenberg, titled by repute, oil on canvas laid to artist board, 10.5'' H x 12'' W, est: $1500/2000.
John Moran Auctioneers
Sep. 29, 2015
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $600 - $800
''Sunflowers'', signed lower left: G. Spangenberg, signed again and titled on artist's label attached verso, numbered verso: #37, oil on canvas laid to artist board, 8'' H x 6.75'' W, est: $600/800.
John Moran Auctioneers
Sep. 29, 2015
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $800 - $1,200
''Autumn Flowers'', signed lower left: G. Spangenberg, signed again and titled verso, oil on panel, 9'' H x 8'' W, est: $800/1200.
John Moran Auctioneers
Sep. 29, 2015
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $700 - $900
Two works: ''Desert Palms'' and ''Sagebrush and Sand'', the first: signed lower right: G. Spangenberg, signed again and titled on artist's label attached to the backing paper verso. the second: signed lower left: G. Spangenberg, titled and numbered verso: #88, the first: oil on canvas laid to board under glass. the second: oil on canvas laid to artist board, the first: 6.25'' H x 7'' W; the second: 6'' H x 7'' W, est: $700/900.
John Moran Auctioneers
Sep. 29, 2015
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $700 - $900
Two works: ''Desert Monarch'' and ''Smoke Trees'', each: signed lower left: G. Spangenberg. the first: titled and numbered verso: #46. the second: signed again, titled and numbered verso: #87, each: oil on canvas laid to artist board, the first: 5'' H x 6'' W; the second: 6.25'' H x 7'' W, est: $700/900.
John Moran Auctioneers
Sep. 29, 2015
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $700 - $1,000
''Hilltop Barn'', signed lower right: G. Spangenberg, signed again and titled on artist's label attached verso, numbered verso: #47, oil on canvas laid to artist board, 5.25'' H x 6.5'' W, est: $700/1000.
John Moran Auctioneers
Mar. 24, 2012
George Spangenberg (American/California, 1907-1964) "Mountain Hamlet"
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Sgn. Lower left, E. Spangenberg. Oil/board.
Cottone Auctions
Mar. 24, 2012
George Spangenberg (American/California, 1907-1964) "Devil's Half Acre"
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Sgn. Lower left, E. Spangenberg. Oil/board.
Cottone Auctions
Nov. 06, 2011
George Spangenberg (American, 1907-1964)
Est: $750 - $1,000
DESCRIPTION: George Spangenberg (American, 1907-1964). Oil on board. Signed, lower left. Depicts a still life of flowers in a vase. In a stepped wood frame. George Spangenberg was born color blind, but left school at a young age to pursue an art career. He studied at the Buffalo School of Fine Arts and lost three fingers while working on a mural in Buffalo. He also lived in California and Virginia, settling in Buffalo and traded his paintings for food and art supplies and died shortly after many of his paintings were destroyed in a fire in his Buffalo studio. MEASUREMENTS: 17-3/4" x 13-7/8". Overall with frame 21-5/8" x 17-5/8". CONDITION: Paint loss at the top, on the red flower, and to the left. Crackling throughout in the background. Estimates: 750-1000
Cordier Auctions & Appraisals
Nov. 07, 2010
George Spangenberg (American, 1907-1964)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
DESCRIPTION: George Spangenberg (American, 1907-1964). Still Life. Oil on board. Signed, lower left. In a stepped wood frame. George Spangenberg was born color blind, but left school at a young age to pursue an art career. He studied at the Buffalo School of Fine Arts and lost three fingers while working on a mural in Buffalo. He also lived in California and Virginia, settling in Buffalo and traded his paintings for food and art supplies and died shortly after many of his paintings were destroyed in a fire in his Buffalo studio. MEASUREMENTS: 17-3/4" x 13-7/8". Overall with frame 21-5/8" x 17-5/8". CONDITION: Paint loss at the top, on the red flower, and to the left. Crackling throughout in the background.
Cordier Auctions & Appraisals
Jun. 15, 2010
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
c. 1930, signed lower right: G. Spangenberg, signed and titled on the original board backing, oil on board. Exhibited: Pasadena, CA, Pasadena Heritage, Blinn House Exhibit, ''Early California Impressionist & Post Impressionist Paintings'', November 1-2, 1996 (see label verso); Pasadena, CA, Pasadena Heritage, ''Plein Air Painting Exhibit and Reception: The Cole House'', October 21, 1994. Provenance: Private Collection, Long Beach, CA, acquired circa early 1990s
John Moran Auctioneers
Feb. 17, 2009
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA) carousel, signed lower right: G. Spangenberg, signed and titled on the stretcher, oil on canvas, 14'' x 18''. Provenance: Private Collection, Pasadena, CA A Summer Day, Balboa Park, San Diego, California 14'' H x 18'' W Visual: Generally good condition. Minor frame abrasion on the four sides approximately 1/2'' from the edge, possibly due to the canvas having been in a frame with a smaller sight opening. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. oil on canvas
John Moran Auctioneers
Feb. 17, 2009
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA) signed lower left: G. Spangenberg, oil on canvas laid to artist's board, 20'' x 25''. Provenance: Orr's Gallery, San Diego, CA (see verso label); Private Collection, Pasadena, CA Road in the Foothills, San Diego County 20'' H x 25'' W Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight. oil on canvas laid to artist's board
John Moran Auctioneers
Feb. 19, 2008
George Spangenberg (1907-1964 San Diego, CA)
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
farm in a San Diego landscape, signed lower left: G. Spangenberg, oil on canvas laid to board, 12'' x 13.5'', est:$2500/3500. Provenance: Purchased in San Diego, circa late 1940s; by descent in the family to the present owner
John Moran Auctioneers