Charles Clos Olsommer Auction Prices and Value Guide

Charles Clos Olsommer auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 285 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Charles Clos Olsommer auction prices: quick answer

Charles Clos Olsommer auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Charles Clos Olsommer
Source records
285
Market update
2026-02-16

Charles Clos Olsommer market snapshot

Charles Clos Olsommer shows developing auction liquidity with 34 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-01-20.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (28.6% · 6 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (61.9% · 13 sales)
  • $10,000+ (9.5% · 2 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2024-01-20

Artist context

About Charles Clos Olsommer

Born

1883

Died

1966

Nationality

Swiss

Also known as

Charles-Clos Olsommer, Charles Léon Olsommer

Charles-Clos Olsommer (1883–1966), also identified as Charles Léon Olsommer, was a Swiss painter and draughtsman born in Neuchâtel and associated later with Sierre. Authority records describe him as a religious artist, portraitist, and landscape painter whose work has Symbolist and mystical dimensions. These classifications place his art within a figurative tradition concerned with spiritual imagery, human likeness, and landscape rather than a single narrowly defined genre. Olsommer also worked as an illustrator, and bibliographic records connect his drawings with published texts and exhibition literature. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings, drawings, works on paper, or illustrated material. Because his name appears in several forms—including Charles-Clos Olsommer, Charles Clos Olsommer, and Charles Léon Olsommer—authority identifiers and biographical details are useful when distinguishing correctly attributed works from records with incomplete cataloguing.

SymbolismMystical artPaintingDrawingBook illustrationReligious subjectsPortraitureLandscape

Common works and media

Works associated with Olsommer include paintings and drawings, particularly religious compositions, portraits, and landscapes. Bibliographic authority data also records him as an illustrator, so signed or attributed drawings connected with books and other published material may appear in appraisal contexts. The collected sources do not establish a catalogue of editions, named series, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or printmaking; such classifications should not be assigned without object-specific evidence.

Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work attributed to Olsommer should begin by confirming the artist's identity and the object's medium. Public authority records support paintings, drawings, illustrations, religious subjects, portraits, and landscapes as relevant categories, but the collected sources do not provide detailed auction results. Comparable analysis should therefore separate paintings from works on paper and compare objects with similar subjects, dates, dimensions, and techniques whenever documented sales are available. Signature form, provenance, condition, and attribution status should be investigated from the object and its records rather than inferred from the artist's name alone. This source pack does not support a price forecast or a claim about market direction.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Drawings and works on paper
  • Illustrated works

Value drivers

  1. Medium and work type, including whether an object is a painting, drawing, or illustration
  2. Subject classification, especially religious imagery, portraiture, or landscape
  3. Secure attribution to Charles-Clos Olsommer, distinguished from variant forms of his name
  4. Comparison with documented auction records for the same medium and subject when accessible

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack establishes the artist's identity and principal work types but does not expose individual auction lots, realized prices, dimensions, condition reports, provenance, or sale dates.
  • The Appraisily artist page was rate-limited during collection, so category frequencies and price patterns could not be verified from its public content.
  • No price prediction or market trend can be supported from this source pack alone.

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 Charles Clos Olsommer

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Charles Clos Olsommer 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 Charles Clos Olsommer artwork?

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