Edouard Chimot Auction Prices and Value Guide
Edouard Chimot auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 176 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Edouard Chimot auction prices: quick answer
Edouard Chimot auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Edouard Chimot
- Source records
- 176
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Edouard Chimot market snapshot
Edouard Chimot shows solid auction liquidity with 51 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $110. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 2 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-07-18.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (100.0% · 36 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $150
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 2
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-07-18
Artist context
About Edouard Chimot
Born
1880
Died
1959
Nationality
French
Also known as
Édouard Chimot
Édouard Chimot (1880–1959) was a French painter, engraver, illustrator, art director, and editor whose best-documented context is the Parisian culture of finely produced illustrated books. The collected sources place the high point of his career in the 1920s, when his own graphic work and his editorial activity intersected. His importance therefore rests not only on works made under his name but also on his role in organizing illustrated-book production. Collectors may encounter Chimot through prints and other works on paper, book illustrations and illustrated volumes, as well as paintings. A museum-credited record in the source pack documents a signed, numbered soft-ground print, showing how technique, edition information, and inscriptions can become important object-level evidence. Multiple international authority records identify Chimot, helping distinguish him across catalogues. The available sources do not securely establish a formal movement label, so this profile describes his documented professional and publishing context without assigning one.
PaintingEngraving and printsBook illustrationSoft-ground printmaking (vernis mou)Portraiture, documented by a print depicting a young woman
Common works and media
Documented work types include paintings, engravings, prints, and book illustration. The strongest object-level example in the collected pack is a signed, numbered soft-ground print portraying a young woman. That single museum-credited record supports portrait imagery as a documented subject but does not establish that it dominates Chimot's output. Collectors may also encounter illustrated volumes or related material associated with Parisian art-book production of the 1920s.
Market and appraisal context
Chimot's market should be considered by object type rather than as a single undifferentiated category. Prints can be examined for technique, edition numbering, signature, inscriptions, and marks. Book-related material should first be identified as an illustration, print, or illustrated volume, while paintings should be compared with other paintings of similar format. Appraisily's public artist page indicates that auction-price records are associated with Chimot, but the collected research pack does not expose the lot-level realized prices, sale dates, dimensions, condition reports, or provenance needed for a price conclusion. An appraisal should therefore use comparable public sales matched by medium and format and verify the individual object's characteristics instead of extrapolating a broad market trend.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Prints and works on paper
- Illustrated books and book illustrations
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Work type and technique, including whether an object is a painting, engraving, book illustration, or soft-ground print
- Edition information for prints, including stated numbering
- Artist signature, inscriptions, and documented marks on the object
- Publication context when evaluating illustrated-book material
- Comparable public auction records matched by medium and work format
Appraisal caveats
- The collected pack does not provide lot-level realized prices, sale dates, dimensions, condition reports, or provenance histories.
- The documented auction categories reflect Chimot's supported working practices rather than a quantified breakdown of the 176 records associated with the input page.
- No catalogue raisonné or artist-estate source was available in the collected pack, so attribution and edition completeness require object-specific research.
- The evidence does not support a price trend, scarcity claim, or prediction of future value.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Edouard Chimot 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 Edouard Chimot artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.