André Cottavoz Auction Prices and Value Guide
André Cottavoz auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 582 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
André Cottavoz auction prices: quick answer
André Cottavoz auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- André Cottavoz
- Source records
- 582
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
André Cottavoz market snapshot
André Cottavoz shows deep auction liquidity with 237 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 17 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-04.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (35.3% · 53 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (45.3% · 68 sales)
- $10,000+ (19.3% · 29 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $2,000
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 17
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-04
Artist context
About André Cottavoz
Born
1922
Died
2012
Nationality
French
André Cottavoz (1922–2012) was a French painter, printmaker, lithographer, and ceramicist born in Saint-Marcellin and later associated with Vallauris. French authority data identifies him as a cofounder of the Lyon school’s Nouvelle figuration, also known as Sanzisme. He is additionally connected in published biographical summaries with the wider École de Paris context. These associations help place Cottavoz within postwar French figurative art without reducing his practice to a single medium. Collectors may encounter his name on paintings as well as lithographs, engravings, illustrated publications, and ceramic works. His identity is well established across Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, and French academic authority records, which helps distinguish his work from similarly named artists and supports consistent cataloguing. Appraisily’s auction directory currently associates hundreds of records with his public artist page, making careful comparison by medium, object type, date, and attribution especially important.
Sanzisme (Nouvelle figuration of the Lyon school)École de ParisPaintingEngraving and printmakingLithographyCeramics
Common works and media
Works encountered in appraisal and auction contexts may include paintings, lithographs, engravings and other prints, illustrated works, and ceramics. The authority evidence confirms that Cottavoz practiced in each of these areas, but the collected material does not establish a definitive hierarchy of subjects, periods, series, or edition formats. Cataloguing should therefore describe the actual medium and technique visible in the object rather than assigning an unsupported series or subject classification.
Market and appraisal context
Cottavoz worked across painting, lithography, engraving, and ceramics, so an appraisal should begin by identifying the object type and technique accurately. Comparable records should be restricted to genuinely similar works and reviewed in the context of sale date and realized price. Object-level evidence—including dimensions, condition, signature, date, provenance, edition information, and attribution—still requires separate examination; the collected sources do not establish how much each factor changes value. The available pack supports the artist’s identity and range of media, but it does not contain major-auction-house analysis or evidence for price trends, scarcity, record prices, or predictable premiums.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Lithographs and other prints
- Ceramics
Value drivers
- Identification of the work as a painting, lithograph, other print, or ceramic is important because Cottavoz worked in several distinct media.
- Any appraisal should compare the object with public auction records for the same work type and medium, using sale date and realized-price context where records are available.
- Authorship and attribution should be reconciled against the artist's established authority identity before auction comparisons are selected.
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains strong authority evidence for identity and artistic roles but no major-auction-house biography or lot analysis.
- No price trend, market direction, record price, subject premium, edition premium, or scarcity claim can be supported from the collected material alone.
- Condition, dimensions, signature, date, provenance, edition details, and attribution must be assessed at object level; the source pack does not document their effects for this artist.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- IdRef library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- 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 André Cottavoz 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 André Cottavoz artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.