János Vaszary Auction Prices and Value Guide

János Vaszary auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 427 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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

Artist
János Vaszary
Source records
427
Market update
2026-02-16

Artist context

About János Vaszary

János Vaszary (1867–1939) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist whose career spanned more than fifty years, from roughly 1887 until his death in 1939. Active during a period of major transformation in European art, Vaszary worked across painting and graphic media and is documented in leading reference works including Thieme/Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit, and the Saur Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. He is sometimes cited under the French form of his name, Jean Vaszary, in international publications. Vaszary is represented in museum collections, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and his identity is firmly established through Getty ULAN, VIAF, and the Library of Congress Name Authority File. Collectors encounter his work at auction in European and international salerooms, where his long and productive career offers considerable variety in style and medium.

paintinggraphic art

Common works and media

Oil paintings on canvas and panel, watercolors, drawings, and graphic works are the most likely formats to appear in appraisal and auction contexts. Vaszary produced both figurative compositions and landscape subjects across his long career. Works range from smaller studies on paper to larger canvases.

Market and appraisal context

János Vaszary maintains an active and well-documented secondary market. Appraisily's auction record index traces 59 lots from late 2009 through January 2026, with 39 carrying realized prices. The market is anchored by Central European salerooms — Virág Judit Gallery (Budapest), Koller Auctions (Zurich), and Nagyházi Gallery (Budapest) — and extends to international houses including Sotheby's, Christie's, Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, and De Baecque & Associés. Liquidity has improved noticeably: nine priced lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window versus one in the prior period, suggesting renewed collector interest. Price dispersion is wide. Works on paper and smaller graphics typically realize in the hundreds to low thousands of euros, while important oil paintings from Vaszary's mature period (1920s–1930s) have achieved six-figure results, including €405,336 at Virág Judit Gallery in December 2022 for Beach in Alassio (1938) and CHF 290,000 at Koller Auctions the same month. Sotheby's sold Montmartre for €138,600 in November 2022. The interquartile range (€2,155–€100,000) and a median of €11,673 reflect a tiered market where medium, period, subject, and dimensions materially differentiate value.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • painting
  • graphic art
  • works on paper

Value drivers

  1. Medium and support (oil on canvas versus works on paper) affect value significantly
  2. Date of execution; Vaszary's active period spans over five decades and stylistic shifts
  3. Attribution and authentication; consult catalogue references such as Bénézit, Thieme/Becker, and Saur AKL entries
  4. Provenance and exhibition history strengthen appraisal confidence
  5. Medium and support: oil on canvas commands a significant premium over watercolors, drawings, and prints. The auction data shows oil paintings routinely achieving tens to hundreds of thousands, while works on paper cluster below €3,200.
  6. Period and date: mature-period works from the 1920s and 1930s (Italian coastal scenes, figurative compositions) dominate the upper price tier; earlier works and undated pieces tend to sell for less.

Appraisal caveats

  • No catalogue raisonné or dedicated auction-study source was available in the collected source pack; appraisals should cross-reference realized auction results from major houses.
  • Movement and stylistic-period information was not extractable from the available source excerpts; this limits the ability to contextualize specific works within Vaszary's evolving practice.
  • No catalogue raisonné exists for Vaszary, so attribution relies on reference-dictionary entries and scholarly or museum corroboration. Buyers and appraisers should exercise heightened due diligence on unsigned or undocumented works.
  • The price distribution spans three orders of magnitude (€70 to €1,300,000), meaning broad 'average price' figures are unreliable for any individual work. Comparables must be filtered by medium, period, dimensions, and subject.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.

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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.

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Artist value FAQ

How much is János Vaszary 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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