Gottfried Schadow Auction Prices and Value Guide

Gottfried Schadow auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 188 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Gottfried Schadow auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Gottfried Schadow
Source records
188
Market update
2026-02-16

Gottfried Schadow market snapshot

Gottfried Schadow shows thin auction liquidity with 4 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $260. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2023-12-08.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (66.7% · 2 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (33.3% · 1 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
0
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2023-12-08

Artist context

About Gottfried Schadow

Gottfried Schadow portrait
Bautsch · CC0 · Source

Born

1764

Died

1850

Nationality

German

Also known as

Johann Gottfried Schadow, Schadow, Johann Gottfried, Schadow, Gottfried, Johann Gottfried von Schadow

Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764–1850) was a German sculptor and draftsman whose identity is recorded consistently across Getty ULAN, VIAF, and Wikidata. The available biographical material places him among the leading figures of German Neoclassicism and credits him with founding the Berlin School of Sculpture. His best-known projects include the Quadriga for the Brandenburg Gate, the Princesses Group, the tomb of Count Alexander von der Mark, and monuments to Blücher and Luther. These works connect his name with monumental and commemorative sculpture as well as drawing. Collectors may encounter Schadow through drawings, sculptural objects, documentary material related to monuments, or later objects carrying his name. Accurate authority matching is particularly important because public records use both “Johann Gottfried Schadow” and shorter forms such as “Gottfried Schadow.”

German NeoclassicismSculptureDrawingPublic monuments and memorials

Common works and media

Schadow is most strongly associated in the collected sources with sculpture and drawing. Named works include monumental and commemorative projects such as the Brandenburg Gate Quadriga, the Princesses Group, the tomb of Count Alexander von der Mark, and monuments to Blücher and Luther. In appraisal contexts, documentary drawings or monument-related objects should be described by their actual medium, date, and authorship status rather than treated automatically as equivalent to a finished monument or an original lifetime sculpture.

Market and appraisal context

The collected evidence establishes Schadow primarily as a sculptor and draftsman, but it does not include individual auction-house lot essays, condition reports, or realized-price histories. Appraisal therefore begins with object type and attribution: an original drawing, a sculpture connected with a documented design, and a later reproduction are not equivalent. Date, dimensions, materials, inscriptions, casting or edition information, condition, provenance, and the relationship to known projects should be checked against specialist references and comparable public sales. Auction results should be treated as comparables rather than price promises; this source pack is too limited to support artist-specific market-trend claims.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Sculpture
  • Drawings and works on paper

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium, particularly the distinction between sculpture and drawing
  2. Documented relationship to a named Schadow monument or project

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack contains an Appraisily auction-record signal but no individual lot descriptions, realized prices, condition reports, or major auction-house essays.
  • The available evidence does not establish price trends or support predictions about future market performance.
  • Objects carrying Schadow's name require careful distinction among original works, attributed works, later reproductions, and material derived from documented designs.

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 Gottfried Schadow

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Gottfried Schadow 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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