Abel Lauvray Auction Prices and Value Guide
Abel Lauvray auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 235 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Abel Lauvray auction prices: quick answer
Abel Lauvray auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Abel Lauvray
- Source records
- 235
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Abel Lauvray market snapshot
Abel Lauvray shows deep auction liquidity with 202 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-07.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (86.1% · 118 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (13.9% · 19 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $520
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-07
Artist context
About Abel Lauvray
Born
1870
Died
1950
Nationality
French
Abel Lauvray (1870–1950) was a French painter born in Rennes and associated with Vétheuil at the end of his life. French authority records identify him as a painter and classify his work within Impressionism, while the English Wikipedia record describes him as Post-Impressionist; this difference is best treated as a cataloguing variation rather than a settled distinction. His documented dates place his activity across the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Collectors may encounter his name in auction records, artist-reference databases, library catalogues, and literature connected with a 1991 catalogue raisonné cited by IdRef. These authority links help distinguish Lauvray from similarly named people and provide reference points for checking dates, nationality, and attribution. Appraisily presents this identity research alongside available auction data so that individual works can be considered within both biographical and market contexts.
ImpressionismPost-ImpressionismPainting
Common works and media
The collected authority sources establish Lauvray as a painter, making paintings the clearest supported work type for auction and appraisal searches. The pack does not provide reliable institution-grade detail about recurring subjects, specific painting techniques, drawings, prints, editions, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or named series. Those characteristics should be documented from the object itself and checked against catalogue literature and relevant auction descriptions rather than inferred from the artist's name.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal of a work attributed to Abel Lauvray should begin with the specific object's medium, dimensions, date, condition, provenance, inscriptions, labels, and documented attribution. The collected sources confirm his identity as a French painter but do not include a major auction-house biography, detailed lot description, or price analysis, so they do not support a general price trend. When public auction records are available, comparisons should be selected for relevance to the object and reviewed with their sale dates and realized prices. IdRef references a 1991 catalogue raisonné that may assist attribution research, but inclusion should be verified directly rather than assumed. Any estimate should therefore rest on object-level evidence and suitable comparable lots, not on the artist's name alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Verification against the documented catalogue raisonné and other attribution literature
- Comparable public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices, when suitable records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected pack contains no major auction-house biography, detailed lot record, or public price analysis from which to infer a market trend.
- The source pack does not establish how catalogue raisonné inclusion is determined; any inclusion claim should be checked directly against the publication.
- Recurring subjects, specific techniques, editions, and named series are not established by the collected institution-grade sources.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, strong source quality.
- IdRef library authority
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Bibliothèque nationale de France library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Abel Lauvray worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
Can Appraisily value my Abel Lauvray artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.