Claude Langevin Auction Prices and Value Guide
Claude Langevin auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 191 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Claude Langevin auction prices: quick answer
Claude Langevin auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Claude Langevin
- Source records
- 191
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Claude Langevin market snapshot
Claude Langevin shows solid auction liquidity with 54 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $960. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 3 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-06.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (51.2% · 22 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (48.8% · 21 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $140
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 3
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-06
Artist context
About Claude Langevin
Born
1942
Died
2024
Nationality
Canadian
Also known as
Paul Viens
Claude Langevin, born Paul Viens in Montreal in 1942, was a Canadian painter associated with Quebec. Public authority records consistently identify him as a painter and provide a 1942 birth year; the collected French-language biography supplies the fuller life dates and reports his death in 2024. Collectors may encounter Langevin through paintings and through auction listings indexed under his professional name. The available source pack establishes his identity more securely than it documents his artistic development: it contains no substantive museum biography, catalogue raisonné, or scholarly account defining a movement, school, recurring series, or complete chronology. For that reason, this profile does not assign him to a specific art movement or infer subjects from auction images. Individual works should instead be considered through their physical characteristics, inscriptions, documented history, and relationship to verified examples carrying the same artist identity.
Painting
Common works and media
Painting is the only medium directly established by the collected identity authorities. Appraisily's auction index additionally groups matched listings under works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions, but the source itself describes category concentration as broad or sparse. Those secondary labels should therefore be verified against the individual lot before being presented as characteristic parts of Langevin's oeuvre. For appraisal purposes, record the support, dimensions, technique, signature and inscriptions, date, condition, provenance, and any edition notation visible on the specific object.
Market and appraisal context
Claude Langevin's public auction record provides useful comparison points, but an appraisal should match like with like. Medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, provenance, exhibition history, and attribution confidence can all affect how relevant a prior result is. Edition information also matters when evaluating a print or another multiple. Appraisily's current index contains both priced and unpriced matched records across a long sale-date range, while its category labels remain broad. Realized prices may also be reported under different buyer-premium or fee conventions. Consequently, an index median or observed range is context rather than a prediction for a particular work, and authentication and condition review may materially change the conclusion.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Fine art and paintings
- Works on paper and prints
- Sculpture and mixed media
- Decorative art and editions
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Comparable public auction sales for works similar in medium, size, date, and subject
- Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records are an appraisal starting point rather than a final valuation.
- Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, buyer-premium conventions, and later attribution changes may not be represented consistently.
- The collected auction categories are broad and should not by themselves be treated as a definitive catalogue of the artist's output.
- Authentication, attribution, condition, and the suitability of selected comparable lots require work-specific review.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
- Library of Congress library authority
- ISNI 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 Claude Langevin 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 Claude Langevin artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.