José Montenegro Capell Auction Prices and Value Guide

José Montenegro Capell auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 213 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

José Montenegro Capell auction prices: quick answer

José Montenegro Capell auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
José Montenegro Capell
Source records
213
Market update
2026-02-06

José Montenegro Capell market snapshot

José Montenegro Capell shows developing auction liquidity with 44 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-30.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (60.0% · 6 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (40.0% · 4 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$0
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
4
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-30

Artist context

About José Montenegro Capell

Nationality

Spanish

José Montenegro Capell is identified by Wikidata as a Spanish painter and is associated in the available biographical material with Jerez de la Frontera in Cádiz. The surviving public description places his work within Spanish costumbrista painting, particularly landscapes near Jerez and scenes of everyday life. Collected artwork records also document oil views of Seville landmarks and interiors, including the Giralda from the Patio de Banderas and the Patio de las Muñecas in the Alcázar. A painting titled Alrededores de Jerez, dated 1893, is reported in the Bellver collection, while another Bellver record describes an 1891 oil on panel. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter regional Andalusian scenes and architectural views in oil. Public biographical documentation in this source set remains limited, and exact birth and death dates were not established. Artwork records also vary between the spellings Capell and Cappell, making careful identity verification important.

Spanish costumbrista paintingOil on canvasOil on panelLandscapes around Jerez de la FronteraEveryday Andalusian scenesSeville architecture and urban views

Common works and media

Publicly documented examples include oil paintings on canvas and panel. Recurring subjects in the collected material are Andalusian landscapes, everyday scenes, courtyards, urban views, and recognizable architecture in Jerez de la Frontera and Seville. No reliable evidence for prints, editions, sculpture, ceramics, or other production categories was found in the source pack.

Market and appraisal context

An appraisal should begin by confirming the artist's identity through the signature, inscriptions, provenance, and comparison with documented works. Date, subject, support, material quality, and condition may be especially relevant because the collected biography distinguishes between periods of the artist's production and reports concerns about the materials used for some later works. Regional subjects connected with Jerez or Seville can be compared with known architectural and landscape examples. The supplied Appraisily signal indicates substantial auction-directory coverage, but the source pack does not expose individual realized prices or establish whether every record is unique. A valuation should therefore rely on verified comparable lots with relevant sale dates, dimensions, media, subjects, condition, and attribution rather than on the directory count alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Oil paintings
  • Andalusian landscapes and architectural views

Value drivers

  1. Authorship evidence, signature form, and resolution of the Capell or Cappell spelling variation
  2. Work date and its relationship to the artist's documented late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century activity
  3. Medium, support, material quality, and physical condition
  4. Subject, depicted location, and compositional relationship to documented Jerez or Seville views
  5. Provenance, collection history, and comparison with relevant dated public auction records

Appraisal caveats

  • The source pack reports 213 auction-directory records, but it does not provide individual sale descriptions, realized prices, or reconciliation of duplicate records.
  • The available narrative biography is principally supported by one Wikipedia article; market conclusions should therefore be checked against catalogued lots and primary documentation.
  • No price trend, scarcity claim, or forward-looking value conclusion can be supported from the collected material alone.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: low confidence, thin 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 José Montenegro Capell

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Artist value FAQ

How much is José Montenegro Capell 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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