Corneliu Baba Auction Prices and Value Guide

Corneliu Baba auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 180 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Corneliu Baba auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Corneliu Baba
Source records
180
Market update
2026-02-06

Corneliu Baba market snapshot

Corneliu Baba shows deep auction liquidity with 153 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,600. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-28.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (28.9% · 39 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (59.3% · 80 sales)
  • $10,000+ (11.9% · 16 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,800
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
7
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-28

Artist context

About Corneliu Baba

Corneliu Baba portrait
Unknown author Unknown author · Attribution · Source

Born

1906

Died

1997

Nationality

Romanian

Corneliu Baba (1906–1997) was a Romanian painter best known as a portraitist, while public reference sources also identify him with genre painting and book illustration. Authority records from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, and VIAF establish a stable identity for the artist, helping distinguish his works and records across collections and catalogues. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with painted portraits and figurative genre subjects, as well as illustration-related material. His practice is described by role and subject rather than by a clearly documented movement in the available source pack, so this page does not assign him to one. Baba’s established authority identifiers are particularly useful for entity matching, catalogue research, and separating records that use surname-first forms. Appraisily’s auction page indicates an indexed body of market records, but individual objects should be evaluated through their specific medium, subject, attribution, and genuinely comparable sales rather than through biography alone.

PaintingBook illustrationPortraitureGenre scenes

Common works and media

Works associated with Corneliu Baba most commonly include paintings, particularly portraits and figurative genre scenes. Public biographical sources also identify him as a book illustrator, so drawings or other illustration-related material may appear in catalogues. The available source pack does not establish named series, edition practices, or a broader range of media with enough confidence to list them here.

Market and appraisal context

The available sources support painted portraits, genre paintings, and illustration-related works as relevant categories. Appraisal should begin by confirming that the artist attribution matches established authority records, then identifying the work type, medium, and subject. For comparison, use public auction records that are genuinely similar and consider their sale dates and realized prices where Appraisily records provide them. The collected pack does not include detailed major-auction-house lot pages, condition reports, provenance histories, or edition data, so it cannot support a price trend or a work-specific valuation. Those object-level details require separate examination before any estimate is formed.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Portrait paintings
  • Genre paintings
  • Illustration-related works

Value drivers

  1. Identity and attribution matching against established artist authority records
  2. Work type, medium, and subject, including the distinction between portraits, genre paintings, and illustration-related material
  3. Comparable public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices when record details are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no detailed major-auction-house lot pages.
  • The available evidence does not support claims about price trends, market direction, scarcity, or work-specific value.
  • Condition, provenance, dimensions, signatures, attribution status, and edition information require object-level examination and are not established by this artist-level source pack.

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 Corneliu Baba

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Corneliu Baba 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 Corneliu Baba artwork?

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