André Favory Auction Prices and Value Guide
André Favory auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 142 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
André Favory auction prices: quick answer
André Favory auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- André Favory
- Source records
- 142
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
André Favory market snapshot
André Favory shows solid auction liquidity with 82 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $380. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-06-12.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (85.7% · 54 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (14.3% · 9 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
- 2024-06-12
Artist context
About André Favory
Born
1888
Died
1937
Nationality
French
André Favory was a French painter and illustrator whose career belongs to the early decades of twentieth-century French art. Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and several national-library records establish a durable authority identity for him, although those records disagree about whether he was born in 1888 or 1889. The international authority form commonly gives 1888–1937, while the French authority tradition and French-language biography use 1889. Favory is consistently identified as a painter, and multilingual biographical sources also describe him as an illustrator. Collectors may therefore encounter his name in connection with paintings as well as illustration-related material. A documented self-portrait provides a reliable likeness of the artist. The collected sources do not adequately establish a specific movement, school, recurring series, or broad subject taxonomy, so this profile avoids assigning those labels until stronger museum or scholarly documentation is available.
paintingillustrationself-portraiture
Common works and media
Favory is documented primarily as a painter and also as an illustrator. Paintings and illustration-related works are therefore the clearest categories for auction and appraisal research. A surviving self-portrait documents his engagement with portraiture, but the available evidence is too limited to describe portraiture—or any other subject—as a dominant part of his output. The source pack does not establish recurring editions, named series, printmaking practices, sculpture, or ceramics.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal begins by confirming that a work is correctly connected to André Favory, using his established authority identities and the appropriate spelling of his name. The type of object—particularly whether it is a painting or illustration-related work—also determines which auction records are meaningfully comparable. Relevant public sales should be compared by medium, date, dimensions, subject, attribution, sale date, and realized price, but the collected source pack does not provide enough lot-level evidence to characterize price trends or scarcity. Condition, provenance, signatures, inscriptions, and supporting documentation must be assessed from the individual object and cannot be inferred from the artist biography alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Illustration-related works
Value drivers
- Correct identification and attribution against Favory's established authority records
- Work type and medium, including the distinction between painting and illustration
- Comparison with relevant public auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack does not contain lot-level descriptions or realized-price data, so it does not support a price prediction or market-trend claim.
- An individual appraisal still requires direct examination of the work and its attribution, medium, date, condition, dimensions, and provenance; those details are not established by this artist-level source pack.
- The disagreement over Favory's birth year should be considered when matching catalog records or historical documents.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- 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 Favory 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 Favory artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.