Paolo Buffa Auction Prices and Value Guide
Paolo Buffa auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 335 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Paolo Buffa auction prices: quick answer
Paolo Buffa auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Paolo Buffa
- Source records
- 335
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Paolo Buffa market snapshot
Paolo Buffa shows deep auction liquidity with 185 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $1,500. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 128 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-21.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (37.5% · 48 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (53.9% · 69 sales)
- $10,000+ (8.6% · 11 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $1,500
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 128
- Median shift vs prior year
- +15.4%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2026-01-21
Artist context
About Paolo Buffa
Born
1903
Died
1970
Nationality
Italian
Paolo Buffa (1903–1970) was an Italian architect and furniture designer. The limited public source pack establishes these core identity facts but does not provide institution-grade detail about his training, commissions, collaborators, stylistic affiliations, or chronology. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter his name in furniture and design contexts, while object-level attribution should be checked against documentation specific to the piece. Appraisily maintains an auction-price directory for Buffa, but the collected page response did not expose individual lots or realized-price details. This profile consequently avoids assigning him to a movement or listing particular materials, forms, or series without stronger evidence. As museum, archive, catalogue, and auction-house sources become available, the page can be expanded with a more precise account of his design practice and the categories represented at auction.
Common works and media
The evidence identifies Buffa as a furniture designer, so furniture is the only work category that can be stated with reasonable support in this profile. The source pack does not establish specific furniture forms, woods, upholstery, production partners, editions, architectural drawings, or decorative objects; those should remain unlisted until stronger sources or object-level auction records are available.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisal of a work associated with Paolo Buffa should begin with object-specific evidence rather than broad assumptions from the designer’s name alone. The collected pack confirms that Appraisily maintains an auction-price page for Buffa, but its response was rate-limited and supplied no visible lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, materials, dimensions, condition reports, or provenance. Those details therefore cannot be characterized here. When accessible, comparable public auction records can help place an object in context, provided the comparison matches the relevant work type and attribution. This research pack is too thin to support price trends, scarcity claims, or a ranked list of valuation drivers.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Furniture
Value drivers
- Comparable public auction records associated with Paolo Buffa, when object-level records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected Appraisily page response was rate-limited and did not expose individual lot descriptions, sale dates, realized prices, materials, dimensions, condition, provenance, or attribution details.
- The source pack does not support claims about price trends, scarcity, particular furniture forms, production partners, editions, or a hierarchy of valuation factors.
- Any appraisal should rely on evidence specific to the object and relevant comparable lots rather than the artist name alone.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: low confidence, thin source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Paolo Buffa 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 Paolo Buffa artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.