Alain Manesson Mallet Auction Prices and Value Guide

Alain Manesson Mallet auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 304 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Alain Manesson Mallet auction prices: quick answer

Alain Manesson Mallet auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Alain Manesson Mallet
Source records
304
Market update
2026-02-06

Alain Manesson Mallet market snapshot

Alain Manesson Mallet shows thin auction liquidity with 12 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $93. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-11-08.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (100.0% · 11 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2023-11-08

Artist context

About Alain Manesson Mallet

Alain Manesson Mallet portrait
Pierre Landry · Public domain · Source

Born

1630

Died

1706

Nationality

French

Also known as

Allain Manesson Mallet, Manesson-Mallet, Allain, Mallet, Allain Manesson-

Alain Manesson Mallet (1630–1706), often catalogued under the spelling Allain Manesson Mallet, was a French engineer and cartographer born and later deceased in Paris. Authority records place him in both courtly and military settings: he taught mathematics to the pages of the French king and served as an artillery sergeant-major for the king of Portugal. His best-documented publication in the available sources is the 1683 Description de l’univers, an extensive geographic work encompassing cosmological systems, ancient and modern geography, general and regional maps, city plans and profiles, rulers’ portraits, heraldry, dress, customs, religion, and government. Rather than belonging to a later fine-art movement, his work is situated within seventeenth-century French cartography, military engineering, and illustrated geographic publishing. Collectors may therefore encounter his name in connection with maps, urban views, and other illustrated components related to this broad survey of the world.

Cartographic mapsCity plans and profilesIllustrated geographic publishingAncient and modern geographyGeneral and regional geographyCities and significant placesSovereigns, heraldry, and national dress

Common works and media

Works associated with Manesson Mallet commonly fall within cartographic and illustrated geographic categories: general or regional maps, city plans and profiles, geographic views, portraits of rulers, heraldic imagery, and illustrations concerning dress, customs, religion, and government. The 1683 Description de l’univers is the principal named publication documented by the collected authority sources.

Market and appraisal context

For appraisal, begin by identifying the item’s relationship to Description de l’univers and whether it is a general or regional map, a city plan or profile, a portrait, heraldic material, or another type of illustration. The maker’s name also requires normalization because authority records use both Alain and Allain. Comparable sales should be matched by subject and format and, where cataloguing permits, by title and edition. The supplied sources contain no major-auction-house catalogue or realized-price detail, so they do not support a price trend or range. Appraisily auction records can add sale dates, realized prices, auction-house context, and comparable lots when those records are available, but any conclusion should remain specific to the object examined.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Maps and cartographic works
  • City plans, profiles, and views
  • Portrait, heraldic, and geographic illustrations

Value drivers

  1. Identification of the work, edition, and its relationship to Description de l'univers
  2. Distinction among general or regional maps, city plans or profiles, portraits, heraldry, and other illustrated subjects
  3. Normalization of the Alain and Allain name variants when researching attribution and comparable records

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no major-auction-house catalogue entry, realized-price detail, or evidence sufficient to describe a price trend.
  • The category and valuation guidance is based primarily on institutional authority records and bibliographic descriptions; an appraisal still requires item-specific examination and like-for-like auction comparisons.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Alain Manesson Mallet

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Alain Manesson Mallet 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.

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