Bernard Berthois-Rigal Auction Prices and Value Guide

Bernard Berthois-Rigal auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 243 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Bernard Berthois-Rigal auction prices: quick answer

Bernard Berthois-Rigal auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Bernard Berthois-Rigal
Source records
243
Market update
2026-02-06

Bernard Berthois-Rigal market snapshot

Bernard Berthois-Rigal shows developing auction liquidity with 20 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $20. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-19.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (100.0% · 11 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$20
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-19

Artist context

About Bernard Berthois-Rigal

Born

1927

Died

2018

Nationality

French

Also known as

Bernard Berthois Rigal

Bernard Berthois-Rigal (1927–2018) was a French painter born in Paris and later associated in authority records with both painting and poster material. His identity is established across Wikidata, VIAF, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France authority system, where his name also appears without the hyphen as Bernard Berthois Rigal. VIAF links his authority identity to a BnF collection record for posters, indicating that collectors and researchers may encounter his name in both fine-art and graphic-work contexts. The available public source pack does not establish a named movement, school, signature subject, documented series, or detailed chronology, so those classifications should not be inferred. For entity matching, the most reliable identifiers are his 1927–2018 lifespan and the linked VIAF, Wikidata, and BnF records. These identifiers help distinguish works attributed to him from similarly named artists when reviewing catalog entries or auction records.

PaintingPosters

Common works and media

Authority sources consistently identify Bernard Berthois-Rigal as a painter, making paintings the clearest documented work type. VIAF also connects his identity to a BnF collection entry for posters, supporting the possible appearance of posters or related graphic material in catalog and appraisal contexts. The collected evidence does not identify particular painting techniques, recurring subjects, editions, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, or named series.

Market and appraisal context

Market assessment for Bernard Berthois-Rigal should begin with a firm identity and attribution match against his Wikidata, VIAF, and BnF authority records. The available evidence supports paintings and poster-related graphic works as relevant object types, but it does not establish artist-specific price trends, favored subjects, edition practices, signature conventions, or a documented market hierarchy. Appraisal therefore requires comparison with verified public sales of closely related works rather than broad conclusions based on the artist name alone. When suitable auction records are available, the work type, catalogued attribution, sale date, realized price, and similarity of the comparable lots should be reviewed together.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Posters and graphic works

Value drivers

  1. Identity and attribution matching against the artist's established authority records
  2. Work type, including whether the object is a painting or a poster-related graphic work

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected sources do not provide major-auction-house results, catalogue-raisonné information, documented price trends, or detailed guidance about signatures, editions, condition, provenance, dates, or subjects.
  • Painting and poster classifications come from authority descriptions and catalog references rather than a reviewed sample of auction lots.
  • Comparable public sales should be assessed individually when verified auction records are available.

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 Bernard Berthois-Rigal

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Bernard Berthois-Rigal 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 Bernard Berthois-Rigal artwork?

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