Ramon Casas Auction Prices and Value Guide

Ramon Casas auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 459 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

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Artist
Ramon Casas
Source records
459
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Ramon Casas

Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866–1932) was a Spanish Catalan painter, illustrator, and graphic designer who became one of the leading figures of Catalan Modernisme. Born in Barcelona, Casas divided his career between Barcelona, Paris, and Madrid, capturing the intellectual, political, and economic elite of his era through portraiture. He was equally celebrated for large-scale crowd scenes depicting bullfights, public executions, and Barcelona street riots, works that reflected the social turbulence of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Catalonia. Beyond painting, Casas produced influential posters and postcards that helped define the visual identity of the Modernisme movement. His dual practice as fine artist and graphic designer gave him an unusually broad reach across both gallery audiences and the popular press. Collectors and institutions today recognize Casas as a central figure bridging European Symbolism, Impressionism, and the distinctly Catalan decorative-arts revival.

Catalan Modernismeoil paintingdrawinggraphic design (posters and postcards)illustrationportraits of intellectual, economic, and political elitescrowd scenes (bullfights, executions, riots)

Common works and media

Collectors may encounter Ramon Casas works as oil-on-canvas paintings (portraits, figural compositions, and crowd scenes), charcoal or pastel drawings on paper, ink sketches, illustrated magazine contributions, and original lithographic posters and postcards produced for Catalan cultural events and commercial clients. Works range from large-scale exhibition paintings to smaller-format graphic pieces. Paintings often depict Barcelona society figures, Parisian café life, or dramatic public gatherings. Poster designs typically feature bold, flat color areas characteristic of the Modernisme graphic style.

Market and appraisal context

Ramon Casas has an established and active auction footprint spanning 2006 to December 2025, with 48 catalogued lots and 20 priced results. The auction record is anchored by Spanish and Portuguese houses—Subastas Segre, Balclis, Cabral Moncada Leilões, Aletheia Subastas, and Setdart—supplemented by international presence at Christie's, Lyon & Turnbull, and DOYLE. Poster and graphic-design lots circulate through Poster Auctions International and Litografias.net at accessible price points, while original oil paintings and significant portraits command results in the mid-five-figure EUR range. The price distribution is wide: lithographic reproductions and poster editions realize as low as €160, whereas the top recorded price reaches €445,000. The median sits at approximately €6,875, with the interquartile range from €1,200 to €14,000. Four lots appeared in the most recent 12 months versus one in the prior 12 months, suggesting a pickup in market activity after a quieter period.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • 19th-century European paintings
  • works on paper
  • vintage posters
  • Old Master & 19th-century drawings
  • prints and multiples

Value drivers

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Appraisal caveats

  • No public auction price records were available in this source pack; collectors should consult major auction databases for realized prices.
  • Poster and postcard works by Casas may circulate as reproductions; original prints require expert authentication.
  • Of 48 catalogued lots, only 20 carry a published realized price; 28 lots (including all attrib-lot entries at Sala de Ventas and several Litografias.net listings) have no public price, which limits statistical coverage.
  • The €445,000 maximum represents an outlier well above the P75 of €14,000; median and interquartile figures are more representative of typical results.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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