Auguste André Lançon Auction Prices and Value Guide
Auguste André Lançon auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 497 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Auguste André Lançon auction prices: quick answer
Auguste André Lançon auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Auguste André Lançon
- Source records
- 497
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Auguste André Lançon market snapshot
Auguste André Lançon shows developing auction liquidity with 24 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $845. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-06-25.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (60.0% · 9 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (40.0% · 6 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $0
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-06-25
Artist context
About Auguste André Lançon
Born
1836
Died
1885
Nationality
French
Also known as
Auguste Lançon, André Lançon
Auguste André Lançon was a nineteenth-century French draughtsman, illustrator, painter, printmaker, sculptor, and medallist. Born in Saint-Claude in the Jura, he learned lithography in Lons-le-Saunier before studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon and, from 1858, in Paris. His broad practice encompassed drawings, paintings, lithographs, etchings, wood engravings, sculpture, and medallic work. Bibliographic records connect him with military imagery, including the 1861 Album de l'armée française, and with numerous animal illustrations associated with the Jardin des Plantes. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on autonomous works of art as well as illustrated publications and prints produced for wider circulation. His several recorded name forms—including Auguste Lançon and André Lançon—make careful identity matching particularly important. Institutional sources disagree over whether he died in 1885 or 1887; this profile follows the 1885 date used by the British Museum and Bibliothèque nationale de France while retaining the discrepancy as an open research question.
Drawing and illustrationPrintmaking, including lithographs, etchings, and wood engravingsPaintingSculpture and medallic workAnimals and zoological subjectsMilitary subjects
Common works and media
Works encountered under Lançon's name may include drawings and illustrations, paintings, lithographs, etchings, wood engravings, sculptures, medals, and illustrated publications. Documented subjects include animals associated with the Jardin des Plantes and military material such as the Album de l'armée française. Because his images could appear both as original works and reproduced illustrations, identifying the production technique, publication context, edition or state, and whether an impression is signed is an important first step.
Market and appraisal context
Lançon's market spans more than one object type, so a work should be compared with examples in the same medium rather than with the artist's auction results as a whole. A drawing, illustrated print, painting, medal, or sculpture can have a different collector base and valuation pattern. Relevant considerations include dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, inscriptions, signature, edition status, provenance, and confidence in the attribution. For prints, the impression, paper, margins, state, and edition details may matter; for unique works, surface quality and documented history can be especially important. Public auction records provide useful comparable evidence, but incomplete feeds, private transactions, fees, and later attribution changes limit broad price conclusions.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Fine art and paintings
- Works on paper and prints
- Sculpture, medals, and mixed-media works
- Decorative art and editions
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, date, and position within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition information, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Recent public auction results for works comparable in medium, size, subject, date, and condition
- Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records are a starting point rather than a final appraisal; private sales and incomplete auction feeds may not be represented.
- Reported auction totals may include buyer's premiums or fees, so comparisons should be made on a consistent basis.
- Authentication, attribution, condition, and later changes to catalogue information can materially affect an appraisal.
- The collected market evidence is drawn from Appraisily's matched public-auction index and was not independently corroborated by a major auction-house source in this source pack.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- British Museum museum or university
- Bibliothèque nationale de France library authority
- IdRef library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikidata library authority
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 Auguste André Lançon 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 Auguste André Lançon artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.