Jacques Barthélemy Appian Auction Prices and Value Guide
Jacques Barthélemy Appian auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 181 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Jacques Barthélemy Appian auction prices: quick answer
Jacques Barthélemy Appian auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Jacques Barthélemy Appian
- Source records
- 181
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Jacques Barthélemy Appian market snapshot
Jacques Barthélemy Appian shows thin auction liquidity with 5 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $200. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 1 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-05-24.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (100.0% · 4 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $150
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 1
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-05-24
Artist context
About Jacques Barthélemy Appian
Born
1818
Died
1898
Nationality
French
Also known as
Adolphe Appian, Jacques Barthélemi Appian, Jacques Barthélémi Appian
Jacques Barthélemy Appian, widely catalogued under the professional name Adolphe Appian, was a French painter and printmaker who lived from 1818 to 1898. Authority files align the full name with Adolphe Appian, while French biographical material identifies the latter as a pseudonym and places him in the École lyonnaise. Landscape is the best-supported subject context, and painting and etching are the clearest documented practices. For collectors, the practical issue is often entity matching: a catalogue, print record, or auction listing may use Adolphe Appian rather than Jacques Barthélemy Appian, and authority sources preserve minor spelling variants of the middle name. His public record therefore spans paintings and printed works, especially landscapes. Appraisily groups these names cautiously as one artist entity while retaining the aliases needed to reconcile library, collection, and auction data. More detailed claims about named series, editions, or chronology require stronger object-level sources than this pack provides.
École lyonnaise (Lyon school)PaintingEtchingPrintmakingLandscapes
Common works and media
Landscape paintings and etched or printed landscape works are the best-supported common types in the available sources. Records may describe the artist as a painter, etcher, or printmaker and may index the same person under Adolphe Appian. The pack does not substantiate named series, edition sizes, sculpture, ceramics, posters, or other categories, so those should not be generalized from the present evidence.
Market and appraisal context
Market research for Appian should first separate paintings from etchings and other prints because the available authority records identify both practices. Comparable records should be matched by work type and landscape subject, and searches should include Adolphe Appian plus the documented full-name variants. Name matching helps prevent an alias from being mistaken for a different artist, but it does not by itself establish attribution. This source pack does not contain detailed major-auction-house lot descriptions or realized-price evidence, so it supports broad category identification rather than a price forecast. A defensible appraisal should rely on object-specific evidence and public comparables for closely related works when those records are available.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Landscape paintings
- Etchings and other prints
Value drivers
- Work type and medium, particularly the distinction between a painting and an etching or other print
- Identity and attribution matching across Adolphe Appian and Jacques Barthélemy, Barthélemi, or Barthélémi Appian name forms
- Matching comparable records by documented landscape subject and work type
Appraisal caveats
- Do not infer price levels or market trends from this source pack.
- Require object-specific evidence and closely related public auction comparables before reaching a valuation conclusion.
- The collected evidence does not substantiate named series, edition sizes, or a detailed chronology of the artist's market.
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 Jacques Barthélemy Appian 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 Jacques Barthélemy Appian artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.