Gaston Balande Auction Prices and Value Guide

Gaston Balande auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 220 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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

Artist
Gaston Balande
Source records
220
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Gaston Balande

Gaston Balande (1880–1971) was a French painter, illustrator, and graphic artist born in Saujon, a small town in southwestern France. He trained and worked in Paris from around 1905 and remained professionally active there until his death in 1971, exhibiting regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français. Balande worked across oil, watercolor, gouache, drawing, and printmaking, with landscape and still life as his principal subjects. His long career bridges the late Belle Époque, the interwar years, and the postwar period, making his body of work stylistically varied. He is represented in the authority files of the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), and VIAF. Collectors most often encounter his work through French and European auction houses, where his landscapes and still-life paintings appear with some regularity.

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Common works and media

Balande's auction record includes oil-on-canvas landscapes, often depicting rural French scenery, alongside still-life paintings of flowers and everyday objects. He also produced watercolors, gouaches, drawings, and graphic works. Prints and illustrations appear less frequently at auction but are part of his documented output. Works are typically signed and range from small cabinet-scale panels to larger canvases. Collectors may encounter both framed and unframed examples, and provenance documentation varies.

Market and appraisal context

With over 200 auction records attributed to Gaston Balande, his work has a established but modest presence on the secondary market. Values depend primarily on medium (oil paintings tend to outperform works on paper and prints), subject, composition complexity, condition, and documented provenance. The absence of a published catalogue raisonné means attribution should be supported by expert opinion or documented exhibition history. Works from his interwar Paris period are among the most frequently traded. Collectors should verify signatures, compare compositions against known RKD and Salon records, and consider condition reports before purchase.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Appraisal caveats

  • No catalogue raisonné or dedicated monograph was identified in the public source pack, making comprehensive attribution verification difficult.
  • Market records reflect a broad range of quality and period; each work should be evaluated individually on condition, provenance, and composition.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Gaston Balande 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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