Steven Stern Fine Arts · Los Angeles
We buy Edgar Payne paintings
If you own a painting by Edgar Payne (1883–1947), or are handling one for a family or estate, Steven Stern Fine Arts would like to see it. We review every inquiry in confidence and talk you through your options to sell or consign.
Not sure what you have? Start with our guide, What is my Edgar Payne painting worth?
Why collectors call us
Why sell your Edgar Payne to Steven Stern Fine Arts
Payne is central to what we do
The gallery specializes in Early California and Western American painting, and names Edgar Payne first among the artists it actively buys. The paintings on this site are Payne works the gallery has already handled and sold.
Confidential from the first call
Owners, families, estates and advisors contact us privately. Your painting, your name and the details you share are not published or shopped around.
More than one way to sell
Steven Stern Fine Arts buys, sells, consigns and advises. Depending on the painting and your goals, that can mean a direct purchase, a consignment or a private sale.
How it works
Selling an Edgar Payne painting, step by step
Send photos
Front, back and a close-up of the signature, plus the size and anything you know about where the painting came from.
Confidential review
We look at subject, period, size, condition and provenance, and may ask a few follow-up questions.
Talk through options
We contact you directly to discuss a purchase, a consignment or a private sale, whichever suits the painting and you.
See it in person
For important paintings and collections, the gallery's team travels to view works and meet owners.
Track record
Edgar Payne paintings we have sold
A selection from the 37 Edgar Payne paintings recorded as sold on the gallery's website: Sierra lakes, Canyon de Chelly riders, California hills and Breton fishing boats.
Sierra Scene
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Riders in Canyon de Chelly
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Fishing Boats Concarneau, France
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Hills of Altadena
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Eucalyptus
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Grand Canyon
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Who buys Edgar Payne paintings?
Paintings by Edgar Payne usually change hands in one of three ways: at auction, through a specialist dealer, or privately between collectors. Each route has trade-offs in timing, costs, privacy and certainty. A specialist gallery like Steven Stern Fine Arts can buy a painting outright, offer it on consignment to its own collectors, or advise you on the best route even when that is not a sale through us.
Payne painted for more than four decades: the High Sierra, the Navajo country around Canyon de Chelly, the hills and coast of Southern California, and the harbors of Brittany and Italy. Because his output varies so much in subject, size and quality, a painting's value depends on the individual work. That is why we look at each one rather than quote figures over the phone. Learn more about Edgar Payne's life and work.