Carmelo Cappello Auction Prices and Value Guide

Carmelo Cappello auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 176 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Carmelo Cappello auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Carmelo Cappello
Source records
176
Market update
2026-02-06

Carmelo Cappello market snapshot

Carmelo Cappello shows solid auction liquidity with 92 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (65.2% · 30 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (26.1% · 12 sales)
  • $10,000+ (8.7% · 4 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$950
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
10
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-16

Artist context

About Carmelo Cappello

Born

1912

Died

1996

Nationality

Italian

Carmelo Cappello (1912–1996) was an Italian sculptor associated in the collected references with modern sculpture. Wikidata identifies him as an Italian sculptor and links his record to Getty ULAN and several international library-authority systems, helping distinguish him from people with similar names. Italian-, French-, and German-language reference pages independently corroborate his occupation, while the German entry explicitly describes him as a modern sculptor. Collectors may encounter Cappello through sculpture listings and historical auction records indexed under his name. The available source material is strong enough to establish his basic identity, nationality, profession, and lifespan, but it does not document his exact birth and death dates, training, exhibition history, named bodies of work, recurring subjects, or preferred materials. Those details should therefore remain open until supported by a museum, archive, estate, scholarly catalogue, or another substantive institutional biography.

Modern sculptureSculpture

Common works and media

The source pack identifies Cappello consistently as a sculptor, so sculptural objects are the best-supported type of work to expect in auction and appraisal contexts. It does not provide sufficient evidence to name recurring materials, subjects, editions, series, or formats. Any listing described as a print, drawing, painting, multiple, or design object should be researched independently rather than assumed to be representative of his documented practice.

Market and appraisal context

Market assessment should begin by confirming that an object is correctly attributed to Carmelo Cappello and by comparing it with genuinely similar sculpture records. Appraisily’s artist page indicates an established auction-record footprint, but the collected source pack does not expose the underlying lots, realized prices, materials, dimensions, dates, provenance, condition, or edition and casting details. Those object-specific facts can materially affect comparability and should be checked directly before reaching an appraisal conclusion. The available evidence supports describing sculpture as the principal auction category, but it does not support price forecasts, trend claims, scarcity statements, or premiums for particular materials, subjects, or periods.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Sculpture

Value drivers

  1. Comparable public auction records catalogued under Carmelo Cappello
  2. Confirmation that the object is correctly attributed to the Italian sculptor Carmelo Cappello

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not provide lot-level descriptions, materials, dimensions, dates, condition reports, provenance, edition information, or realized prices.
  • No price trend, material premium, subject premium, scarcity claim, or attribution conclusion can be supported from this source pack alone.
  • Individual objects require examination and comparison with appropriately similar documented sales.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin 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 Carmelo Cappello

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Carmelo Cappello 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 Carmelo Cappello artwork?

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