Alexandre Kelety Auction Prices and Value Guide
Alexandre Kelety auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 216 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Alexandre Kelety auction prices: quick answer
Alexandre Kelety auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Alexandre Kelety
- Source records
- 216
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Alexandre Kelety market snapshot
Alexandre Kelety shows solid auction liquidity with 92 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-26.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (40.3% · 25 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (46.8% · 29 sales)
- $10,000+ (12.9% · 8 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $19,500
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 2
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-26
Artist context
About Alexandre Kelety
Nationality
Hungarian
Also known as
Alexandre Kéléty, Alexander Kétély, Alexander Kéléty, Alex Kéléty
Alexandre Kelety is identified by library authority and biographical sources as a Hungarian sculptor, with public authority data associating him with both Hungary and France. His name is also indexed as Alexandre Kéléty and in several Alexander or Alex variants, an important detail when matching catalogues and auction records. Public catalogue reproductions collected for this profile show sculptural models titled Black Panther, Hunting Hounds, and Freddy and Polichinella. These examples document animal and theatrical figure subjects, although the available source pack does not establish how representative they are of his complete output. Collectors may encounter Kelety through sculpture listings and historical catalogue references under different spellings. Biographical caution is necessary: the supplied French biography and the German authority record represented through VIAF disagree materially about his death date. This profile therefore leaves his life dates unresolved and avoids assigning a movement or stylistic classification that the collected sources do not substantiate.
SculptureAnimal figuresTheatrical figures
Common works and media
The collected evidence identifies Kelety as a sculptor. Three public-domain catalogue reproductions document works titled Black Panther, Hunting Hounds, and Freddy and Polichinella, providing examples of animal and theatrical figure subjects. The limited pack does not establish which subjects were most common, nor does it reliably document materials, casting methods, foundries, editions, or a complete body of work.
Market and appraisal context
The current Appraisily input associates 216 auction records with the Alexandre Kelety name, but the collected public page could not be inspected because it returned a rate-limit response. Record count alone does not establish a value range. The strongest appraisal priorities supported by this source pack are resolving the creator across documented name variants and identifying the exact sculptural model or subject against reliable catalogue imagery. The disagreement over Kelety's life dates also warrants care when assessing catalogue attributions. This source pack contains no accessible lot descriptions or realized-price details, so it cannot support conclusions about the market effects of material, dimensions, edition, foundry, condition, provenance, or date. Those characteristics should be evaluated only from the object and genuinely comparable public sales.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Sculpture
Value drivers
- Secure creator attribution across the documented name variants
- Exact model and subject identification against documented catalogue imagery
- Comparison with public auction records attached to the same resolved artist identity
Appraisal caveats
- The supplied source pack contains no accessible lot-level descriptions, realized prices, sale dates, condition reports, dimensions, material descriptions, edition information, foundry details, or provenance records.
- The Appraisily artist page returned a rate-limit response during collection, so its supplied record count could not be independently checked from the fetched page.
- Conflicting death information makes identity reconciliation especially important when evaluating an attributed work.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.
- VIAF library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek library authority
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Alexandre Kelety 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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