Charles Malfray Auction Prices and Value Guide

Charles Malfray auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 154 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Charles Malfray auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Charles Malfray
Source records
154
Market update
2026-02-06

Charles Malfray market snapshot

Charles Malfray shows solid auction liquidity with 133 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $956. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 22 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-25.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (50.6% · 39 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (49.4% · 38 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$400
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
22
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-25

Artist context

About Charles Malfray

Born

1887

Died

1940

Nationality

French

Also known as

Eugène-Charles-Alexandre Malfray, Charles Alexandre Malfray

Charles Malfray (1887–1940), born Eugène-Charles-Alexandre Malfray, was a French sculptor who is also identified as a painter. The collected authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and Getty align on his identity and life years, while the available French biographical source places his birth in Orléans and death in Dijon. Sculpture is the most securely documented part of his practice. Publicly documented examples in the source pack also include drawings of reclining and reading female figures, a female torso dated 1928, and a 1921 studio photograph connected with a Victory Monument. These records indicate a practice extending from figure studies to monumental work, although the evidence gathered here does not justify assigning Malfray to a specific formal movement. Collectors may encounter his name across sculpture, works on paper, and paintings, but attribution and object type should be established carefully before comparing market records.

SculpturePaintingDrawing and works on paperFemale figure studies in documented drawings and sculptureMonumental commemorative sculpture in a documented example

Common works and media

Sculpture is the best-supported work type associated with Malfray. The collected material also documents paintings and works on paper, including studies of reclining or reading female figures. A photographed female torso dated 1928 represents his figurative sculpture, while the Victory Monument material records a monumental commission. These examples describe documented parts of his output but should not be treated as a complete catalogue of his work.

Market and appraisal context

An appraisal of a work associated with Charles Malfray should begin by establishing its object type and checking the attribution against his documented authority identities. Sculpture, painting, and drawing records should be assessed within their own categories rather than treated as interchangeable comparables. Relevant comparison also depends on the individual object's date, dimensions, condition, provenance, and any available edition or casting information, none of which is exposed in this source pack. Appraisily's artist page indicates an auction-record context, but the supplied evidence does not include individual sale results. Price conclusions should therefore rely on verified, closely comparable lots with accessible sale dates, realized prices, descriptions, and attribution language.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Sculpture
  • Drawings and works on paper
  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium, including whether an object is sculpture, painting, or a work on paper
  2. Attribution and identity matching to the documented Charles Malfray authority records
  3. Comparison with relevant public auction records, including sale date and realized price when those details are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack does not provide accessible lot-level descriptions, estimates, realized prices, condition reports, provenance, dimensions, or edition and casting details.
  • No conclusion about price level, market direction, rarity, or liquidity can be supported from this source pack alone.
  • The drawing and painting categories are less securely documented as auction categories than sculpture.

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 Malfray

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Charles Malfray 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.

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