Géo Dorival Auction Prices and Value Guide
Géo Dorival auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 319 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Géo Dorival auction prices: quick answer
Géo Dorival auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Géo Dorival
- Source records
- 319
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Géo Dorival market snapshot
Géo Dorival shows thin auction liquidity with 6 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $820. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-07-17.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (60.0% · 3 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (40.0% · 2 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $90
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-07-17
Artist context
About Géo Dorival
Born
1879
Died
1968
Nationality
French
Also known as
Justin Marie Georges Dorival, Geo Dorival
Géo Dorival (1879–1968), born Justin Marie Georges Dorival, was a French poster artist, graphic designer, draftsman, painter, and printmaker. Library authority records connect his name to posters for railway and travel promotion, aviation exhibitions, wartime relief, and public-health campaigns. His catalogued subjects include destinations such as Auvergne, Amboise, Rome, and Cairo-Heliopolis, as well as tuberculosis-prevention imagery. Dorival also worked beyond conventional posters: one biographical source records glass plates made for shadow-puppet theatre, including the 1910 premiere of Aucassin et Nicolette. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter him through early twentieth-century French graphic art and printed publicity, although authority records also classify him as a painter-printmaker and illustrator. The available evidence does not establish a particular movement or school, so his work is best understood through documented media, commissions, and subjects rather than an unsupported stylistic label.
Posters and printed publicityDrawing and graphic designPrintmakingPaintingTravel destinations and railway promotionPublic-health and tuberculosis campaignsWartime relief and veterans' supportAviation exhibitions
Common works and media
Dorival is most consistently documented as a creator of posters and printed publicity. Collectors may encounter travel and railway advertisements, destination posters, aviation-exhibition graphics, wartime relief material, and tuberculosis-prevention campaigns. Authority sources also associate him with printmaking, drawing, graphic design, painting, and illustration. Less commonly, biographical material records glass plates produced for shadow-puppet theatre. Because his documented output spans several formats, an appraisal should establish the object's precise medium and intended use before comparing it with other works attributed to him.
Market and appraisal context
Appraising a work by Géo Dorival begins with identifying its exact design, commission, date, and medium. Authority records document travel, railway, exhibition, wartime, and public-health posters, alongside printmaking, illustration, painting, and theatrical glass-plate work; these categories should not be treated as interchangeable. Named campaigns and dated records can help place an object within his career, while abbreviated or collaborative credits require careful attribution. This source pack does not provide accessible major-auction-house analysis, edition histories, condition guidance, or detailed realized-price comparables, so it cannot support price predictions. When public sale records are available, comparisons should prioritize examples matching the documented subject, period, work type, and attribution.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Posters and advertising graphics
- Travel and railway posters
- Public-health and wartime campaign posters
- Prints, drawings, and other works on paper
Value drivers
- Identification of the exact poster title, campaign, destination, or commission
- Documented date and historical context of the commission
- Correct classification of the work as a poster, print, drawing, painting, illustration, or theatrical glass plate
- Careful attribution when a design carries abbreviated or collaborative artist credits
- Comparison with public auction records matching the documented subject, date, medium, and attribution
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house biography or market commentary, so it does not support price forecasts or market-trend claims.
- Edition histories, condition guidance, provenance standards, and detailed realized-price comparables were not available in the collected evidence.
- No specific movement or school is assigned because the collected sources do not establish one.
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 Géo Dorival 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 Géo Dorival artwork?
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