Charles Laplante Auction Prices and Value Guide
Charles Laplante auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 197 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Charles Laplante auction prices: quick answer
Charles Laplante auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Charles Laplante
- Source records
- 197
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Charles Laplante market snapshot
Charles Laplante shows thin auction liquidity with 2 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $150. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-06-04.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (100.0% · 1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $0
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 0
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2024-06-04
Artist context
About Charles Laplante
Born
1837
Died
1903
Nationality
French
Charles Laplante (1837–1903) was a French wood engraver and illustrator working in nineteenth-century illustrated publishing. He is documented as an engraver of compositions by Gustave Doré and as a contributor to books issued by Hetzel and Hachette. Surviving examples in the source pack connect his name with François Guizot’s history of France, Édouard Chartron’s travel periodical Le Tour du monde, and Louis Figuier’s Vies des Savants Illustres. These records demonstrate the collaborative nature of his practice: Laplante often translated an image conceived by another artist into engraved form for publication. Collectors therefore encounter his name less often as the maker of a unique painting than in captions, signatures, and credits attached to engraved illustrations and printed volumes. His output belongs to the history of French book and periodical illustration, where responsibility for an image may be divided among designer, draughtsman, engraver, publisher, and printer.
Wood engravingBook and periodical illustrationFrench and medieval historyTravel and geographyHistorical scientists and intellectual figures
Common works and media
Documented work types include wood engravings and printed illustrations made for books and periodicals. Collected examples cover medieval history, travel and geography, and biographies of historical scientific figures. Works may carry multiple credits because Laplante engraved designs or source material supplied by other artists. For identification, record the complete caption, publication title, named designer or source artist, engraver credit, date, and publisher rather than relying on the image alone.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should first establish whether Laplante is credited as engraver, original designer, or both. The source pack includes images connected with designs or source material by other artists, so a Laplante credit does not by itself identify the originator of the composition. Publication title, publisher, date, and placement within a documented book or periodical are important cataloguing facts. Subject and series context can also separate otherwise similar impressions. The supplied evidence does not expose individual auction results, edition statements, impression states, dimensions, paper, or condition reports and therefore cannot support price forecasts. Comparable public auction records should be reviewed only after the object's complete credit line and publication context have been established.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Wood engravings and printed illustrations
- Illustrated books and periodical plates
Value drivers
- Correct identification of Laplante's role as engraver, original designer, or both, especially when another artist supplied the composition
- Documented publication context, including book or periodical title, publisher, date, and credited collaborators
- Subject and named book or series context, with documented examples spanning history, travel, and scientific biography
Appraisal caveats
- The artist input reports 197 auction-directory records, but the public Appraisily page was rate-limited and individual lots, sale dates, estimates, and realized prices were not available in the source pack.
- The source pack does not establish edition sizes, impression states, dimensions, paper, provenance, or condition for specific objects, so it cannot support price predictions.
- Cataloguing must distinguish the engraver from the artist who designed the underlying composition.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.
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 Charles Laplante 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 Laplante artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.