Pierre Mortier Auction Prices and Value Guide

Pierre Mortier auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 269 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Pierre Mortier auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Pierre Mortier
Source records
269
Market update
2026-02-06

Pierre Mortier market snapshot

Pierre Mortier shows solid auction liquidity with 63 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $240. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 10 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-25.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (90.0% · 36 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (10.0% · 4 sales)
  • $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$30
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
10
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-11-25

Artist context

About Pierre Mortier

Born

1661

Died

1711

Nationality

Dutch

Also known as

Pieter Mortier, Pieter Mortier I

Pierre Mortier is the French-form name associated in the supplied authority data with Pieter Mortier I (1661–1711), a Dutch mapmaker and engraver from the Northern Netherlands. Public records also connect the Mortier name with bookselling and publishing, while indicating that Pieter or Pierre Mortier was used across three generations in the Dutch Republic. That family-name overlap matters when matching catalogue records. Mortier-related material is encountered chiefly through cartography and print culture: engraved maps, printed geographic material, French-language publications, and panoramic bird's-eye views. These works belong to the commercial publishing world of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries rather than to a documented modern art movement. For collectors, Mortier may appear as a maker, engraver, publisher, or imprint rather than as a conventional easel-painting signature. A record should therefore be checked against the object's date, title, language, imprint, and credited role before it is assigned specifically to Pieter Mortier I.

Engraved maps and cartographic printsPrinted books and French-language publicationsMaps and geographic imageryPanoramic bird's-eye views

Common works and media

Collectors may encounter the Mortier name on engraved maps, cartographic prints, panoramic bird's-eye views, books, and other printed publications. The supplied sources describe activity as a mapmaker, engraver, bookseller, and publisher, so the name can identify different contributions to an object. Imprint wording, publication language, date, and the exact credited role are especially useful for distinguishing first-generation material from works associated with later members of the publishing family.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal begins with identifying which Mortier generation and professional role is represented. A map engraved or issued by Pieter Mortier I is not automatically equivalent to a later publication bearing the family name. The object's title, date, language, imprint, credited maker or publisher, format, and cartographic or panoramic subject all help define the appropriate comparison set. Relevant public auction records can then provide sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots, but the collected source pack does not support a broad price trend or scarcity claim. Condition, completeness, and edition-specific questions should be evaluated from the individual object and its catalogue documentation rather than inferred from the artist-page name alone.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Maps and cartographic prints
  • Engravings and panoramic views
  • Books and other published works bearing the Mortier name or imprint

Value drivers

  1. Generation-specific attribution is important because the Mortier name was used across three generations of booksellers and publishers.
  2. The object's credited role should be distinguished among mapmaker, engraver, bookseller, and publisher.
  3. Object type and subject should be matched to the relevant market, including engraved maps, panoramic bird's-eye views, and published books.
  4. Object-level comparison should use relevant public auction records, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available.

Appraisal caveats

  • The public auction-page name may encompass material connected with different Mortier generations or publishing roles.
  • The collected source pack contains no readable major-auction-house catalogue entry, so it does not support claims about price trends, scarcity, or record prices.
  • Exact object attribution requires examination of the date, title, language, imprint, and credited role.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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 Pierre Mortier

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Pierre Mortier 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 Pierre Mortier artwork?

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