Louis Kley Auction Prices and Value Guide
Louis Kley 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.
Louis Kley auction prices: quick answer
Louis Kley auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Louis Kley
- Source records
- 286
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Louis Kley market snapshot
Louis Kley shows solid auction liquidity with 95 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-13.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (98.4% · 61 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (1.6% · 1 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $200
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 4
- Median shift vs prior year
- +42.9%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-13
Artist context
About Louis Kley
Born
1833
Died
1911
Nationality
French
Louis Kley was a French sculptor whose documented lifespan is 1833–1911. Getty ULAN, VIAF, Wikidata, and RKD provide stable authority records that help distinguish him from other artists sharing the Kley surname. The available source pack identifies sculpture as his principal field but does not establish a particular movement, school, teacher, or body of named works with enough authority to present those details as settled facts. Collectors are most likely to encounter Kley's name through sculpture and decorative-art auction listings. When researching an object attributed to him, the exact form of the signature or inscription, the object's material and dimensions, and any foundry, edition, exhibition, or ownership documentation should be recorded carefully. Those details can help determine whether an auction result concerns a genuinely comparable work rather than another artist, a later edition, or a broadly attributed object.
Sculpture
Common works and media
The strongest supported work type is sculpture. Appraisily's auction summary also groups matched material under sculpture and mixed media and under decorative art and editions. The source pack does not support naming particular sculptural materials, subjects, series, or edition types, so those characteristics should be verified directly from the object and its documentation.
Market and appraisal context
Louis Kley's public auction record should be read through close object-to-object comparison rather than a single headline price. Relevant factors include medium, size, date, condition, restoration, surface quality, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, catalogue references, and confidence in the attribution. Subject matter and current demand may also affect how closely one result compares with another. Appraisily's matched records provide useful sale evidence, but private transactions, incomplete feeds, reporting conventions, and later attribution changes can leave gaps. A defensible appraisal should therefore examine several recent public sales involving works with similar physical and documentary characteristics.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Sculpture and mixed media
- Decorative art and editions
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Recent public auction results for comparable works
- Subject matter, rarity, and current demand
Appraisal caveats
- Appraisily cautions that public auction records are a starting point rather than a final appraisal (https://appraisily.com/artist/louis-kley/).
- Private sales, incomplete auction feeds, and later attribution changes may not be represented in the public record set (https://appraisily.com/artist/louis-kley/).
- Authentication and condition can materially affect value and should be assessed for the individual object (https://appraisily.com/artist/louis-kley/).
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- RKD library authority
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
Recent sale records
Selected public auction records currently in the Appraisily lot index. Use them as market context, then request a formal appraisal before you sell, insure, or donate.
louis kley 1833 1911 gar onnet allong s agitant sculpture en bronze argent ht 12 cm · MJV Soudant · 2026-05-12 louis kley 1833 1911 gar onnet allong s agitant sculpture en bronze argent ht 12 cm MJV Soudant · 2026-05-12
louis kley 1833 1911 · ARTESIA - Maison de Ventes aux Enchères · 2025-12-13 louis kley 1833 1911 ARTESIA - Maison de Ventes aux Enchères · 2025-12-13
louis kley 1833 1911 a pair of putti with theater masks silver plated bronze and marble · Flanders Auctions · 2025-09-11 louis kley 1833 1911 a pair of putti with theater masks silver plated bronze and marble Flanders Auctions · 2025-09-11
louis kley 1833 1911 a pair of brown patinated bronze putti at play signed 11 5 cm high approx · Andrew Smith & Son · 2025-03-26 louis kley 1833 1911 a pair of brown patinated bronze putti at play signed 11 5 cm high approx Andrew Smith & Son · 2025-03-26
louis kley 1833 1911 a good gilt bronze cherub holding a marble vase signed l kley 1 · John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers · 2024-11-20 louis kley 1833 1911 a good gilt bronze cherub holding a marble vase signed l kley 1 John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers · 2024-11-20
louis kley · Das Kunst- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG · 2024-09-21 louis kley Das Kunst- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG · 2024-09-21
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 Louis Kley 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 Louis Kley artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.