Libico Maraja Auction Prices and Value Guide

Libico Maraja auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 284 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Libico Maraja auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Libico Maraja
Source records
284
Market update
2026-02-06

Libico Maraja market snapshot

Libico Maraja shows deep auction liquidity with 282 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $240. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 96 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-03.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (95.1% · 214 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (4.9% · 11 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$280
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
96
Median shift vs prior year
+27.3%
Latest recorded sale
2025-10-03

Artist context

About Libico Maraja

Born

1912

Died

1983

Also known as

Libico Romano Maraja

Libico Maraja (1912–1983) is identified in authority and reference records as a painter and illustrator. The available sources do not resolve his nationality cleanly: Wikidata describes him as Italian, while the Italian-language Wikipedia entry calls him Swiss, so a definitive nationality is not assigned here. Bibliographic authority data connects Maraja with records for familiar story subjects including Pinocchio, Jack the Giant Killer, Chinese fairy tales, and Puss in Boots. These records, together with multilingual reference entries, identify book illustration—especially children's and fairy-tale material—as an important context for his name, alongside painting. Collectors may consequently encounter works presented as paintings, illustration material, or objects connected with published books. The collected pack contains no readable museum biography, catalogue raisonné, or official-site biography, leaving his training, detailed chronology, stylistic affiliations, and specific techniques unresolved. Those limitations should be considered when matching an object or auction record to the artist.

PaintingBook illustrationChildren's literature and fairy tales

Common works and media

The collected evidence supports two broad work contexts: painting and book illustration, particularly material connected with children's literature and fairy tales. VIAF links Maraja's authority identity to Pinocchio, Jack the Giant Killer, Chinese fairy tales, and Puss in Boots. The sources do not establish recurring painting subjects, exact techniques, edition structures, or a reliable division between original and reproductive formats. Objects should therefore be described only as specifically as their physical and documentary evidence permits.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should first distinguish paintings from illustration-related material and establish whether an object has a documented connection to a publication or story title. VIAF associates Maraja with Pinocchio and several fairy-tale books, while one reference source reports that he sometimes signed with his surname alone. That signature detail may assist comparison, but it is not authentication by itself. The supplied Appraisily input signals substantial auction-directory coverage, although the public artist page was rate-limited and no major-auction-house results were collected. Valuation should therefore depend on verified comparable lots that genuinely match the object's work type and documented context, rather than an unsupported general estimate for the artist.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Illustration art and illustrated-book material
  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Work type, particularly whether an object is a painting or book illustration
  2. Documented association with an identifiable publication or story title
  3. Signature and inscription evidence, considered cautiously because a reference source reports surname-only signatures

Appraisal caveats

  • No major-auction-house result or publicly readable lot detail was included in the collected source pack.
  • The Appraisily artist-page request was rate-limited, so the supplied auction-record count could not be independently inspected.
  • Specific techniques, dimensions, condition patterns, edition structures, provenance histories, and price behavior are not established by the collected sources.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate 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 Libico Maraja

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Libico Maraja 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 Libico Maraja artwork?

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