Arsène Chabanian Auction Prices and Value Guide

Arsène Chabanian auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 172 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Arsène Chabanian auction prices: quick answer

Arsène Chabanian auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Arsène Chabanian
Source records
172
Market update
2026-02-06

Arsène Chabanian market snapshot

Arsène Chabanian shows developing auction liquidity with 42 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-08-26.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (45.0% · 9 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (55.0% · 11 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$189
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
2
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-08-26

Artist context

About Arsène Chabanian

Arsène Chabanian portrait
Kara98 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Born

1864

Died

1949

Nationality

Armenian, French

Also known as

Arsen Shapanyan, Arsen Shabanyan

Arsène Chabanian, also recorded as Arsen Shapanyan or Shabanyan, was a painter and printmaker who lived from 1864 to 1949. Authority records connect him with Armenian identity and professional activity in France, while a French biographical source describes him as a French painter of Armenian origin. Library records consistently identify him as a painter or painter-engraver. The collected sources do not establish a particular movement, favored subject, or named series, so his work should not be assigned to an unsupported school. Collectors may encounter works catalogued under several Latin-alphabet spellings, especially Chabanian, Shapanyan, and Shabanyan. Those variants matter when reconciling auction listings, historical catalogues, and bibliographic references. Appraisily groups these identity signals under the public Arsène Chabanian entity while keeping artist-name matching separate from conclusions about the attribution of any individual object.

PaintingPrintmaking and engraving

Common works and media

Authority records identify Chabanian as both a painter and a painter-engraver, making paintings and graphic works the best-supported appraisal categories. The collected sources do not establish favored subjects, named series, recurring editions, or a specific movement. Object-level documentation should therefore determine the precise medium, technique, support, and any edition information.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming that the catalogued artist name resolves to the same authority identity across the Chabanian, Shapanyan, and Shabanyan variants. Medium is also important because institutional records describe both painting and printmaking activity; paintings and graphic works require separate comparison sets. Available public auction records can provide context when matched by work type and sale evidence. This source pack does not include item-level results, condition information, edition details, or major-auction-house analysis, however, so it does not support a price trend or typical value range. Any valuation should therefore rely on documented object characteristics and closely comparable public sales rather than the artist name alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Prints and multiples

Value drivers

  1. Identity reconciliation across the Chabanian, Shapanyan, and Shabanyan name variants
  2. Work type and medium, particularly the distinction between paintings and graphic works
  3. Like-for-like comparison with available public auction records

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains an Appraisily auction-price page but no item-level lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, condition reports, or major-auction-house biographies.
  • No price trend, typical value range, favored subject, named series, or edition pattern can be established from this source pack.
  • Nationality terminology varies across the collected authority and biographical sources, so Armenian heritage, nationality, birthplace, and professional activity in France should not be treated as interchangeable concepts.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

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 Arsène Chabanian

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Arsène Chabanian 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 Arsène Chabanian artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.