Mario Bellini Auction Prices and Value Guide
Mario Bellini auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,347 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Mario Bellini auction prices: quick answer
Mario Bellini auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Mario Bellini
- Source records
- 1,347
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Mario Bellini market snapshot
Mario Bellini shows very deep auction liquidity with 690 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 80 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-04.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (31.2% · 161 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (63.2% · 326 sales)
- $10,000+ (5.6% · 29 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $2,230
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 80
- Median shift vs prior year
- +11.5%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-04
Artist context
About Mario Bellini
Nationality
Italian
Mario Bellini is identified in the available biographical source as an Italian architect and designer whose practice spans architecture, exhibitions, products, and furniture. After graduating from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1959, he worked during Italy's late twentieth-century economic expansion and developed relationships with manufacturers in several design sectors. Documented collaborators include B&B Italia, Brionvega, Cassina, Olivetti, Rosenthal, Tecno, Vitra, Kartell, and Yamaha. Collectors may therefore encounter Bellini's name in connection with furniture and other designed objects produced by established manufacturers, as well as material relating to his wider architectural and exhibition practice. The collected sources do not establish a named artistic movement or reliable birth details for this designer. Because authority records retrieved under the same name identify a different Italian lawyer and writer, accurate appraisal requires object-level confirmation of the designer, manufacturer, model, production date, and attribution.
Furniture designProduct designExhibition designArchitecture
Common works and media
The source pack most clearly supports furniture and product design as Bellini-related work types, alongside exhibition design and architecture. Appraisily's auction index also assigns records to decorative art and editions, paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, and mixed media, but those broad classifications have low identity-specific confidence. For appraisal purposes, each object should be checked for its manufacturer, model, materials, production period, marks, labels, edition details, and documented relationship to the designer.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily's current index contains a substantial body of matched public auction records under Mario Bellini's name, but its category labels are broad and should not be treated as proof that every result belongs to the architect and designer. A useful appraisal begins by confirming the object's model, manufacturer, materials, dimensions, production date, markings, and attribution. Condition, restoration, provenance, exhibition or catalogue history, and edition information may also affect comparability. Public results should be compared with closely related objects rather than with the artist-wide median alone. Reported totals may include premiums or fees on different bases, while private transactions, incomplete feeds, and revised attributions may be absent.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Decorative art and editions
- Fine art and paintings
- Works on paper and prints
- Sculpture and mixed media
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, design date, and period within the designer's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signatures, inscriptions, edition information, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Comparable public auction sales for closely related works
- Subject matter, rarity, and current demand
Appraisal caveats
- Treat public auction records as starting points rather than final appraisals.
- Confirm that each comparable refers to the architect and designer rather than another person with the same name.
- Compare like-for-like records because reported totals may handle buyer premiums and fees differently.
- Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not appear in the available auction data.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: low confidence, thin source quality.
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
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 Mario Bellini 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 Mario Bellini artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.