Georges Scott Auction Prices and Value Guide

Georges Scott auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 178 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Georges Scott auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Georges Scott
Source records
178
Market update
2026-02-16

Georges Scott market snapshot

Georges Scott shows solid auction liquidity with 54 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $850. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 8 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-22.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (52.2% · 12 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (43.5% · 10 sales)
  • $10,000+ (4.3% · 1 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$850
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
8
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-22

Artist context

About Georges Scott

Georges Scott portrait
Agence Rol · Public domain · Source

Born

1873

Died

1943

Nationality

French

Also known as

Georges Bertin Scott de Plagnolle, Georges Bertin Scott, George Scott, Scott de Plagnolle

Georges Scott, also known as Georges Bertin Scott de Plagnolle, was a French painter, illustrator, photographer, journalist, and war correspondent active around the turn of the twentieth century. He became closely associated with L'Illustration, for which he documented military events through visual and journalistic work. French authority records also identify him as an official painter of the French Army. That combination of studio practice, reporting, and institutional military work helps explain why his name may appear on paintings as well as illustrations and other documentary material. Collectors may encounter him under several variants of his name, including Scott de Plagnolle and Georges Bertin Scott. His wartime subjects and publication-related work provide important context, but the available evidence does not support assigning him to a specific artistic movement. Careful identity matching is therefore especially useful when comparing objects and auction records attributed to Georges Scott.

PaintingIllustrationPhotographyMilitary life and armed conflict

Common works and media

Auction and appraisal searches may encounter paintings, illustrations, and works on paper connected with Georges Scott's activity as an artist and correspondent. Military subjects and material related to L'Illustration are particularly relevant to his documented career. Authority records also describe him as a photographer, although the supplied source pack does not establish how frequently photographs attributed to him appear at auction. Because he used several forms of his name, catalogues may index otherwise related works differently.

Market and appraisal context

Objects associated with Georges Scott should be assessed first by work type: a painting, an illustration produced for publication, and documentary material do not necessarily belong to the same market category. His documented name variants also make accurate catalogue matching important. Date and subject can help establish context, particularly when a work relates to military reporting, the French Army, or L'Illustration, but those associations do not prove authorship by themselves. When available, comparable public auction lots should be reviewed with their sale dates, catalogue descriptions, and realized prices. The supplied sources provide useful identity evidence but limited object-level market analysis, so any appraisal should also examine the specific work and its supporting documentation.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Illustrations and works on paper

Value drivers

  1. Correct identification among the artist's documented name variants
  2. Work type and medium, particularly the distinction between paintings and illustration-related material
  3. Date and subject context, including a work's relationship to military reporting or L'Illustration
  4. Comparable public auction lots, sale dates, and realized prices when those records are available

Appraisal caveats

  • The supplied source pack establishes the artist's identity and professional fields more strongly than it documents the detailed composition of his auction market.
  • A name, signature, or military subject alone does not establish authorship; attribution should be evaluated against the individual object and its documentation.
  • The source pack contains conflicting death-date information, so records describing the artist's final year should be checked carefully.

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 Georges Scott

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Georges Scott 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 Georges Scott artwork?

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