How much is a Quigley painting worth?

Art enhances one's life on so many levels and shouldn't be about the money, but for most it is. Buying a painting is a luxury few can afford, so collectors are cautious when spending on art. In 2000 author Ryan D'Agostino and Jeff Osbourne wrote an article "How to spend a Million Bucks" in MBA Jungle business magazine listing a commissioned William Quigley portrait as the #1 choice at $18,000. Since, Quigley's explorations into a variety of historical interests and subject matter has now become his signature and perhaps formula for future success. " From the get go, wanted to survive off my art and haven't really had another job since college. Looking back struggled for years, yet hustled especially after showing with Warhol and Basquiat and watching them masterfully seduce anyone who would listen buy their art, in very different, but equally convincing ways. I didn't and still don't try to let needing money affect production or the enthusiasm for learning how to paint and making work i think is important. The art world wasn't interested in paintings focused on the social impact athletes were having on culture. Especially basketball players in the early 90s when I painted Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan or Shaquille O'neal in 1995. I was able to contact them directly and sell works. Shaq now has one of the largest art collections in the US. ln 2003 asked Phil Marber, former Ceo of Cantor Fitzgerald who was buying my paintings to help me learn about acquiring stocks. He strongly advised 'to just keep painting, forget about the stock market and finish the painting i owed him.' Phil is now a very close friend and owns over 30 of my pieces. Collectors ultimately create art's value." Today Quigley's prices range from $20,000. for small works up to $100,000. for commissions or larger paintings. His limited prints can be as high as $10k. However, like most artists that wasn't always the case. Paintings sold for less than $5,000 in his early years are being insured and valued by their owners at $50,000. to $1million or more. Point is there is no real market on Quigley's worth, which makes his potential for a significant more concrete uprise after near 40 years of painting that much more conceivable. With few auction records to date, it's hard to prove but having sold to 470+ collectors, more press than most $million artists, and now exhibiting more than in any point in his career, it may not be that far off before the evaluation starts to merit credibility. History has proven over time not to trust the trends and go with your gut when spending on an artist. With the escalating success of the contemporary art markets on living artists, could you conceive of your Quigley being worth a $1million? You aren't alone, some of his top collectors are acquiring more like Alexander Zweig, John and Johanna Boynton, Diane Millner, Dr Ken and Karl Tokita and Keith Stoltz, Pete Francis all own more than 15 works. They along with other collectors are joining forces with his dealers Julie Keyes Fine Art, who has been in the art business since the 80s; new to the game dealer Sarah Scribner, director of the hot hampton space AB NY Gallery, and secondary market expert Karl Hutter, who worked at Gagosian in the 90s and currently with Van De Weghe Gallery, helping make that possibility a reality. --- Brian Sullivan, Cape Cod, MA

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IN 70,25,17 YEARS YOUR ART PURCHASE TODAY MAY BE WORTH MORE THAN YOUR HOME,

16 X 20 INCHES OIL, CRAYON, PASTEL ON CANVAS 2010

1996 invite to "The Civil War Show" in Beverly Hills at David Lawrence Gallery.

Quigley was in the LA Riots which happened on his birthday April 29, 1992. He created an album based on a painting titled "Who Are we Living for" for the band Dispatch which reflected his fears that the US was regressing. In 2016 started a body of work titled "Where is the United in US?" exhibited at Karl Hutter Fine Art in Beverly Hills.