Guillaume Delisle Auction Prices and Value Guide
Guillaume Delisle auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 182 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Guillaume Delisle auction prices: quick answer
Guillaume Delisle auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Guillaume Delisle
- Source records
- 182
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Guillaume Delisle market snapshot
Guillaume Delisle shows developing auction liquidity with 43 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $182. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-15.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (92.0% · 23 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (8.0% · 2 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $90
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 5
- Median shift vs prior year
- +80.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-15
Artist context
About Guillaume Delisle
Born
1675
Died
1726
Nationality
French
Also known as
Guillaume de l'Isle, Guillaume de Lisle, Del'Isle, Guillaume, Guillelmo Delille
Guillaume Delisle (1675–1726) was a French cartographer, geographer, and astronomer associated with the development of European mapmaking around the turn of the eighteenth century. Authority records also identify him under forms such as Guillaume de l’Isle, Guillaume de Lisle, and Del’Isle. IdRef describes him as geographer to the king of France and a member of the Académie des sciences from 1702, while Wikidata and VIAF consistently identify the same historical figure and life years. Delisle is chiefly encountered through maps: the available biographical source connects his work with Europe and the newly explored Americas and describes his cartography as popular and accurate. Collectors therefore meet his name primarily in historical cartography rather than painting or sculpture. Because later publications and variant imprints may preserve his name, a map credited to Delisle should be matched carefully to its title, publication date, publisher, and attribution before being described as a lifetime work.
Cartographic mapsEuropeThe Americas
Common works and media
Collectors are most likely to encounter maps associated with Delisle, particularly cartographic treatments of Europe and the Americas. Catalogues may credit Guillaume Delisle, Guillaume de l’Isle, Guillaume de Lisle, or another documented name variant. The source pack does not establish a dependable list of individual map titles, editions, engraving states, formats, or decorative features, so those details should be verified from the object and a specific catalogue record.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily’s public artist page indicates an auction-record footprint for Delisle, but the collected source pack does not include major-auction-house lot descriptions or realized-price evidence. Appraisal should therefore begin with identity and attribution: compare the credited name with authority-file variants, establish the map’s geographic subject, and determine its publication date and whether it is a lifetime or later issue. The IdRef record includes a 1772 bibliographic example under his name, illustrating why a date after his 1726 death requires publication-context review rather than automatic rejection. Edition or state, imprint, condition, margins, coloring, restoration, provenance, and comparable sales should be evaluated from the individual object and specific public records. The available evidence does not support a price prediction or market-trend claim.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Maps and cartographic works
Value drivers
- Attribution and the credited form of Delisle's name
- Geographic subject, including Europe or the Americas
- Publication date and whether an issue dates from Delisle's lifetime or a later publication
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack supports identity and broad work categories but does not provide public major-auction-house lot details or comparable realized prices.
- Edition, state, imprint, condition, coloring, margins, restoration, and provenance require examination of the individual object and supporting catalogue records.
- No price trend or price prediction is supported by the collected evidence.
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 Guillaume Delisle 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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