Paul Kiss Auction Prices and Value Guide

Paul Kiss auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 257 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Paul Kiss auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Paul Kiss
Source records
257
Market update
2026-02-06

Paul Kiss market snapshot

Paul Kiss shows developing auction liquidity with 49 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 4 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-02.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (21.7% · 5 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (56.5% · 13 sales)
  • $10,000+ (21.7% · 5 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,500
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
4
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-02

Artist context

About Paul Kiss

Born

1886

Died

1962

Nationality

Hungarian

Also known as

Kiss Pál, Paul Kis

Paul Kiss (1886–1962), also recorded as Kiss Pál and Paul Kis, was a Hungarian-born decorative metalworker who lived in France. Public identity records describe him as a locksmith and industrial artist, while French and Hungarian reference pages identify his specialty as artistic ironwork. He is associated with Art Nouveau and Art Deco, placing his work in the transition between craft-led turn-of-the-century decoration and interwar design. A documented example is The Pheasants, a two-wing Art Deco fireplace or interior grille dated 1925 and shown at the Paris decorative-arts exposition. Its source record places it in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. Collectors are therefore most likely to encounter Kiss through decorative ironwork, furnishings, and architectural or interior elements rather than conventional painting and print categories. Because the available research is dominated by authority and encyclopedia-style records rather than museum catalogues or a catalogue raisonné, each object still requires careful maker identification and attribution.

Art NouveauArt DecoArtistic ironwork and decorative metalworkFireplace and interior grilles

Common works and media

Available sources point to artistic ironwork and decorative metalwork, including architectural and interior elements. The clearest documented example is The Pheasants, a two-wing Art Deco fireplace grille from 1925. The source pack does not establish paintings, prints, ceramics, posters, or editioned sculpture as recurring categories, so those media should not be assigned to Paul Kiss without object-specific evidence.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal of a work attributed to Paul Kiss should begin with its object type, metalworking character, maker-name evidence, date, and stylistic fit. The collected sources support Art Nouveau and Art Deco contexts and document a 1925 grille associated with the Paris decorative-arts exposition, making securely documented dates and exhibition histories useful points of comparison. The variants Paul Kiss, Kiss Pál, and Paul Kis should all be considered when reviewing marks and historical records. This source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house results or realized-price evidence, and the collected Appraisily page response was rate-limited. A valuation should therefore be based on verified comparable lots when available and should not infer a price trend from this identity profile alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Decorative ironwork and architectural or interior metalwork
  • Art Deco fireplace grilles

Value drivers

  1. Maker identification across the Paul Kiss, Kiss Pál, and Paul Kis name variants
  2. Date and stylistic fit within the documented Art Nouveau and Art Deco contexts
  3. Object type and consistency with the artist's documented decorative-metalwork practice
  4. Documented exhibition history, including any substantiated connection to the 1925 Paris decorative-arts exposition

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected pack contains no accessible major-auction-house record or realized-price evidence, so it does not support price trends or artist-specific market forecasts.
  • The Appraisily artist page returned an HTTP 429 rate-limit response during collection and could not provide inspectable lot details.
  • The available evidence does not establish paintings, prints, ceramics, posters, or editioned sculpture as recurring auction categories for this artist.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, thin source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

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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 Paul Kiss

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Paul Kiss 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 Paul Kiss artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.