Gustave Greux Auction Prices and Value Guide
Gustave Greux auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 286 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Gustave Greux auction prices: quick answer
Gustave Greux auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Gustave Greux
- Source records
- 286
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Gustave Greux market snapshot
Gustave Greux shows solid auction liquidity with 51 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $25. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 0 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2024-08-10.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (100.0% · 6 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 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
- 2024-08-10
Artist context
About Gustave Greux
Born
1838
Died
1919
Nationality
French
Also known as
Gustave-Marie Greux, Gustave Marie Greux
Gustave Greux (1838–1919), also catalogued as Gustave-Marie Greux, was a French engraver active during the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Surviving collection records associate him with etching and engraving, including interpretive prints made after compositions by other artists. Documented examples include a Bay of Naples scene after Baldomero Galofre, a rural horse-and-figure subject after Paul Potter, and etched views connected with Saint-Étienne-du-Mont and Notre-Dame de Paris. These records place Greux within the professional print culture through which paintings, architecture, and narrative subjects circulated to a wider audience. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on individual impressions, mounted prints, or works issued through period publications. Correct identification requires attention to the wording of signatures and inscriptions: Greux may be the engraver responsible for translating another artist's design rather than the originator of the underlying composition. The collected evidence does not establish a specific artistic movement or school.
EngravingEtchingFigurative scenesHorses and rural scenesCoastal scenesParis churches and architectural interiors
Common works and media
Works associated with Greux in the collected records are predominantly prints, especially etchings and engravings. Examples include interpretive prints after paintings by Paul Potter and Baldomero Galofre, along with architectural views of Paris churches. Figurative, rural, coastal, animal, and architectural subjects may therefore appear in auction or appraisal contexts. Catalogue descriptions should record the exact technique, dimensions, inscriptions, printer or publication information, date, and any named source artist.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal of a work attributed to Gustave Greux should begin by establishing the printmaking technique and Greux's stated role. An inscription identifying a work as engraved by Greux after another artist is materially different from evidence that he designed the original composition. Production date, image and sheet dimensions, publisher or printer information, inscriptions, documented institutional parallels, and the completeness and physical state of the impression can help distinguish comparable works. Subject matter may also narrow comparison among architectural views, figurative scenes, landscapes, and reproductive prints. The collected source pack does not provide detailed realized prices from major auction houses, so valuation should rely on verified comparable lots rather than broad price predictions.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Prints, including etchings and engravings
Value drivers
- Printmaking technique and documented printing or publication details
- Whether Greux created the composition or engraved it after a named artist
- Production date, image and sheet dimensions, subject, inscriptions, and documented institutional history
- Comparison with publicly documented auction records for the same technique, subject, authorship relationship, and approximate date
Appraisal caveats
- The collected pack contains no major-auction-house catalogue excerpt or realized-price detail, so it does not support price trends or predictions.
- No movement or school classification is supported strongly enough for inclusion.
- Cataloguing must distinguish Greux's role as engraver from the authorship of a painter whose composition he reproduced.
- The exact death day remains unresolved; one collected record gives only May 1919.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Bibliothèque nationale de France library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- British Museum museum or university
- Wikimedia Commons media repository
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 Gustave Greux 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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