Charles Lemaire Auction Prices and Value Guide
Charles Lemaire auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 434 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Charles Lemaire auction prices: quick answer
Charles Lemaire auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Charles Lemaire
- Source records
- 434
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Charles Lemaire market snapshot
Charles Lemaire shows thin auction liquidity with 3 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,300. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-20.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (33.3% · 1 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (66.7% · 2 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,300
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-20
Artist context
About Charles Lemaire
The collected evidence does not securely identify the creator represented by Appraisily's Charles Lemaire auction records. The auction page includes a nineteenth-century French grouped lot of hand-colored engravings depicting birds and flora, while the authority records gathered for the same name describe Charles François Alexandre Lemaire, a Belgian officer, Central African explorer, and author who lived from 1863 to 1926. Those authority records do not establish him as the maker of the auctioned works. Because the name match crosses different occupational and geographical contexts, this page should be treated as an unresolved artist entity rather than merged with the explorer's biography. Collectors may encounter the name in catalogue descriptions or on grouped print lots, but inscriptions, publication details, attribution wording, and provenance must be checked against each object. Until a museum, library, or scholarly catalogue connects the auction material to a defined creator, nationality, life dates, artistic movements, and broader oeuvre should remain unassigned.
Hand-colored engravings, based on one collected auction-lot descriptionBirds and flora, based on one collected auction-lot description
Common works and media
The limited collected art-market evidence includes a grouped lot of five hand-colored engravings depicting exotic birds and flora. It supports cautious reference to works on paper and prints, but it does not establish a broader body of paintings, sculptures, drawings, or editions by a single identified artist. Each catalogue entry should be evaluated individually until the creator is resolved.
Market and appraisal context
The public Appraisily index reports an observed auction range of $300 to $1,700 for records dated between 2013 and 2025, but its summary contains inconsistent lot counts and the underlying artist identity remains unresolved. These figures should therefore not be interpreted as a unified or predictive market for one confirmed creator. A useful comparison should match the object's medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, attribution wording, and provenance. For engravings or other editioned material, publication context, plate or sheet size, coloring, inscriptions, completeness of a set, and edition information may also matter. Public results provide context only; authentication, direct condition review, fees, private transactions, and subsequent attribution changes can alter an appraisal conclusion.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Works on paper and prints
Value drivers
- Comparison with works of similar medium, size, date, condition, provenance, and attribution confidence
- Signature, inscriptions, publication or edition details, and the precision of the catalogue attribution
- Restoration history, surface quality, and overall condition
- Recent comparable public auction results for genuinely similar works
Appraisal caveats
- The creator's identity should be resolved before the collected results are treated as one artist's market.
- Public auction records are an appraisal starting point rather than a final valuation.
- Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not be represented.
- Authentication and direct examination of condition can materially affect an appraisal.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: low confidence, thin source quality.
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
- Wikidata library authority
- IdRef library authority
- Bibliothèque nationale de France 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 Charles Lemaire 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 Lemaire artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.