Christian Friedrich Mali Auction Prices and Value Guide

Christian Friedrich Mali auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 182 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Christian Friedrich Mali auction prices: quick answer

Christian Friedrich Mali auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Christian Friedrich Mali
Source records
182
Market update
2026-02-06

Christian Friedrich Mali market snapshot

Christian Friedrich Mali shows developing auction liquidity with 44 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-06.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (18.2% · 4 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (68.2% · 15 sales)
  • $10,000+ (13.6% · 3 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,800
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
3
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-06

Artist context

About Christian Friedrich Mali

Christian Friedrich Mali portrait
Christian Friedrich Mali · Public domain · Source

Born

1832

Died

1906

Nationality

German

Also known as

Christian Mali

Christian Friedrich Mali (1832–1906), also catalogued as Christian Mali, was a German painter, printmaker, and art professor. Public authority records connect the same artist identity across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, and national-library files, helping distinguish him from similarly named artists. Biographical sources associate his work with the nineteenth-century Munich School context and identify animal, landscape, and genre painting as important parts of his practice. Authority data also records printmaking among his activities. Collectors may therefore encounter signed paintings of rural scenery or animals, narrative genre subjects, and prints or other works on paper bearing variants of his name. His older brother, Johannes Cornelis Jacobus Mali, was also a painter, making careful interpretation of abbreviated signatures and catalogue attributions particularly important. Appraisily treats names, dates, institutional identifiers, and documented work categories as artist-identity evidence, not as authentication of an individual object.

PaintingPrintmakingAnimalsLandscapesGenre scenes

Common works and media

Works associated with Mali most commonly fall into animal, landscape, and genre-painting categories. His authority record also identifies him as a printmaker, so collectors may encounter prints and other works on paper in addition to paintings. Subject classification and medium should be verified from the object and its documentation rather than inferred from the artist's name alone.

Market and appraisal context

Christian Friedrich Mali appears in auction and appraisal contexts through animal, landscape, and genre paintings, as well as prints or works on paper. A useful comparison should separate paintings from prints and consider whether the subject and catalogue attribution align with the documented artist profile. Public auction records can help identify comparable works when their medium, subject, dimensions, date, and attribution are sufficiently similar. The collected source pack does not provide detailed lot-level condition, provenance, edition, or realized-price evidence, so it does not support a price forecast. Any appraisal should therefore combine verified artist identity with inspection of the specific object and carefully matched public sales.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Animal paintings
  • Landscape paintings
  • Genre paintings
  • Prints and works on paper

Value drivers

  1. Whether the work is a painting or print
  2. Subject category, including animal, landscape, or genre imagery
  3. Secure attribution to Christian Friedrich Mali rather than another similarly named artist
  4. Comparison with available public auction records for the artist

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains no detailed major-auction-house lot descriptions, condition reports, provenance histories, dimensions, edition information, or price series.
  • The source pack supports work categories but does not support a price trend, scarcity claim, or prediction for any individual object.
  • Attribution and authenticity require object-specific examination and cannot be established from artist-directory records 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 Christian Friedrich Mali

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Christian Friedrich Mali 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 Christian Friedrich Mali artwork?

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