Maurice Leloir Auction Prices and Value Guide
Maurice Leloir auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 263 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Maurice Leloir auction prices: quick answer
Maurice Leloir auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Maurice Leloir
- Source records
- 263
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Maurice Leloir market snapshot
Maurice Leloir shows solid auction liquidity with 72 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 5 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-16.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (65.0% · 26 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (22.5% · 9 sales)
- $10,000+ (12.5% · 5 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $350
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 5
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-10-16
Artist context
About Maurice Leloir
Born
1853
Died
1940
Nationality
French
Maurice Leloir (1853–1940) was a French painter, watercolorist, illustrator, draftsman, printmaker, writer, and collector whose career joined image-making with the study of dress. French authority records identify him as a specialist in costume history and as the founding president of the Société de l'histoire du costume from 1906 until 1940. His collections also helped form the basis of a municipal costume museum. This combination of artistic practice, historical research, and collecting explains why his name appears across works on paper, printed images, paintings, and costume-related material. Collectors may encounter Leloir through watercolors, drawings, engravings, illustrations, or paintings rather than through a single signature medium. His public identity is documented across French and international authority systems, including IdRef, VIAF, Getty ULAN, Wikidata, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. No specific artistic movement is assigned here because the collected institutional evidence does not establish one.
PaintingWatercolorDrawingEngraving and printmakingHistory of costume and dress
Common works and media
Leloir's documented practice spans paintings, watercolors, drawings, illustrations, engravings, and other printed work. Costume and dress history are especially relevant subjects because they were also areas of his research, collecting, and institutional activity. Individual objects should be classified by their actual medium rather than grouped together solely under his name.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should begin by identifying whether a Maurice Leloir object is a painting, watercolor, drawing, illustration, or print. Costume-historical subject matter may be particularly relevant because French authority records describe him as a specialist in the history of dress. When suitable auction records are available, comparisons should be matched as closely as possible by work type, subject, sale date, and the information supplied in the individual catalogue entry. The present source pack establishes Leloir's identity and documented fields of practice but does not provide lot-level major-auction-house evidence. It therefore cannot support predictions about price direction, scarcity, or a typical value range.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Watercolors
- Drawings
- Illustrations
- Engravings and other prints
- Paintings
Value drivers
- Work type and medium, including whether the object is a painting, watercolor, drawing, illustration, or print
- Costume-historical subject matter in relation to Leloir's documented specialization
- Comparable public auction records matched by work type and sale date when available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected source pack contains an Appraisily auction-price page but no lot-level excerpts from a major auction house.
- The available evidence does not support claims about price trends, market direction, scarcity, or typical realized-price ranges.
- Object-specific appraisal still requires examination of the individual work and comparison with relevant documented sales.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
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 Maurice Leloir 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 Maurice Leloir artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.