Roger Broders Auction Prices and Value Guide
Roger Broders auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,389 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
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Roger Broders auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Roger Broders
- Source records
- 1,389
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Roger Broders
Roger Broders (1883–1953) was a French illustrator and poster artist active in Paris from roughly 1903 until his death. He is best known for the striking travel posters he designed to promote tourism destinations across France, particularly the fashionable beaches of the Côte d'Azur and the skiing resorts of the French Alps. Many of these posters were commissioned by the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) railway during the 1920s and 1930s, a period now regarded as the golden age of French travel advertising. Broders also illustrated book covers and adventure novels, including editions of the Arsène Lupin series. His clean, stylized compositions and bold use of color place him among the most recognizable commercial illustrators of early twentieth-century France. Collectors today encounter his work primarily through original lithographic posters that survive from the PLM campaigns.
Early 20th-century French commercial illustration and travel poster artLithographic postersIllustration (book and magazine)Côte d'Azur and Mediterranean beach destinationsFrench Alps skiing and mountain resortsRailway and tourism promotionBook illustration (Arsène Lupin and adventure series)
Common works and media
Original lithographic travel posters for French railway and tourism destinations (Côte d'Azur, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Sainte-Maxime, Alpine ski resorts), book jacket and dust-jacket illustrations for adventure and detective fiction including Arsène Lupin editions, magazine and editorial illustrations, and advertising posters for regional French interests. Posters were typically produced as large-format stone lithographs and are the medium most frequently encountered at auction.
Market and appraisal context
Roger Broders occupies an established and liquid position in the vintage travel poster market. Appraisily auction records index 713 lots attributed to Broders, of which 541 carry a realized price—spanning sales from November 2006 through April 2026. Prices cluster between $1,625 (25th percentile) and $5,000 (75th percentile), with a median of $3,000, indicating that mid-range original lithographic posters trade regularly and predictably. The ceiling at $32,450 reflects premium interest in scarce, condition-excellent originals of iconic titles. Twenty-four lots were recorded in the trailing twelve months (versus thirty in the prior period), suggesting stable but slightly reduced throughput. The seller base is concentrated among specialist poster houses—Swann Auction Galleries, Poster Auctions International Inc, and PosterConnection Inc.—alongside mainstream houses including Christie's, Bonhams, and Lyon & Turnbull, confirming broad market recognition. Categories observed are lithographic posters and book/magazine illustration, with travel posters for Côte d'Azur, Chamonix, Alpine ski, and Corsican destinations dominating recent lots. Standout recent results include a Chamonix Sports d'Hiver poster at $9,750 (Swann, Feb 2025), a Chamonix Championnat du Monde de Hockey sur Glace at $8,125 (Swann, Feb 2025), and La Plage de Calvi. Corse at $8,000 (Poster Auctions International, Jul 2025). Vichy / Comité des Fêtes also achieved $8,000 in March 2025. These results confirm that scarce, destination-iconic originals in strong condition command multiples of the median.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Vintage travel posters
- Lithographic posters
- French travel and tourism posters
- Poster art
- Illustration (book and magazine)
Value drivers
- Original lithographic travel posters in good condition with intact margins and vivid color command the strongest interest at auction
- Subject matter and destination depicted (Côte d'Azur, Chamonix, Alpine resorts) can affect collector demand
- Provenance linking a poster to the PLM railway commission or a documented print run may support attribution confidence
- Later reprints and reproduction posters are common; distinguishing original stone-lithograph editions from re-strikes is essential for valuation
- Print authenticity: original stone-lithograph editions printed by Lucien Serre or Imp. Générale for PLM command a premium; later offset reproductions trade at a fraction of original prices
- Destination or title depicted: iconic Côte d'Azur, Chamonix ski, and Corsican beach subjects consistently outperform lesser-known regional titles
Appraisal caveats
- The Invaluable catalog lists approximately 1,389 items associated with Roger Broders, indicating a high volume of poster and illustration material that has passed through auction, but this figure may include reproductions, re-strikes, and attributed works alongside original posters.
- The 713-lot figure includes unsold lots, works without a recorded price (172 of 713), and may include attributed or reproduced works alongside confirmed original posters; the priced-lot distribution (541 lots) is the more reliable benchmark.
- Several recent lots at Lyon & Turnbull and Aste Bolaffi lack realized prices in the record, making it impossible to determine whether those lots sold, were withdrawn, or remain unreported.
- One lot title lists Broders' birth year as 1888 rather than the documented 1883—this may indicate a cataloguer error or a misattributed work, and collectors should verify artist attribution independently when the stated dates differ from the accepted record.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
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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.
Artist value FAQ
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