Salvatore Fiume Auction Prices and Value Guide

Salvatore Fiume auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 758 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Salvatore Fiume auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Salvatore Fiume
Source records
758
Market update
2026-02-06

Salvatore Fiume market snapshot

Salvatore Fiume shows very deep auction liquidity with 553 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $320. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 72 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-18.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (60.6% · 191 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (34.9% · 110 sales)
  • $10,000+ (4.4% · 14 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$800
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
72
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-18

Artist context

About Salvatore Fiume

Salvatore Fiume (1915–1997) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, writer, and stage designer born in Comiso, Sicily. Active across multiple disciplines, Fiume produced paintings, sculptures, drawings, and designs exploring figurative subjects including nudes, still lifes, and animal imagery. His work is held by major international institutions, among them the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, the Vatican Museums, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, and the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Milan. Fiume’s cross-disciplinary practice—spanning fine art, architecture, and theatrical design—gives his output unusual breadth, and collectors most frequently encounter his paintings and sculptural works at auction. He died in Canzo, Italy, in 1997.

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Common works and media

Fiume’s auction and museum record includes oil paintings on canvas and panel, often depicting figurative, nude, and still-life subjects; sculptures in bronze and other materials; drawings and works on paper; and stage and architectural designs. Collectors may also encounter prints and multiples. The breadth of his practice means that attribution, medium verification, and dating are important steps in any appraisal.

Market and appraisal context

Salvatore Fiume has a well-established and active secondary market, with 581 recorded auction lots spanning from October 2001 to April 2026. Of those, 332 carry a realized price. The market is heavily concentrated in Italian auction houses—ArtLaRosa, Benedetto Trionfante, Felima Art, Pananti, Casa d'Aste Babuino, Mediartrade, Finarte, Art-Rite, Gonnelli, and Picenum are the top ten by volume—reflecting the artist's domestic collector base. Liquidity is steady: 75 lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window versus 77 in the prior period, indicating consistent supply and demand. Price dispersion is wide (€5–€32,400), with a median of €300 and a 75th percentile of €2,300, meaning most works trade in the low hundreds of euros while significant paintings on panel or canvas reach into the thousands. The strongest recent prices include an oil on faesite titled "Odalisca" at €5,800 (Benedetto Trionfante, Dec 2025), an oil on masonite at €3,200 (same house, same sale), and "Isola di pietra" at €3,000 (Felima Art, Feb 2026). Prints, screenprints on canvas, chromolithographs, and engravings cluster below €500. The sole non-EUR result was an oil on masonite at $1,000 through Millea Bros (US, Dec 2025), confirming some transatlantic reach but limited international volume.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • painting
  • sculpture
  • drawing
  • prints and multiples
  • works on paper

Value drivers

  1. Medium and support (oil on canvas, works on paper, bronze sculpture)
  2. Subject matter (figurative, still life, nude, animal subjects)
  3. Provenance and exhibition history
  4. Institutional holdings (MoMA, Hermitage, Vatican Museums) may support recognition
  5. Medium and support: oils on canvas, panel, masonite, or faesite trade significantly higher than screenprints, chromolithographs, or engravings
  6. Subject matter: figurative compositions, odalisques, and titled narrative works (e.g. 'Isola di pietra,' 'African Mona Lisa') tend to outperform untitled or generic lots

Appraisal caveats

  • No specific auction records or price ranges are available in the collected source pack; valuation should reference comparable lots and realized prices from auction databases.
  • The source pack does not include information about edition sizes, print multiples, or decorative art production, which may be relevant given the large lot count (758).
  • The Appraisily auction record index shows 581 lots, which is fewer than the 758 previously cited in the artist profile; this may reflect deduplication or a different query window. Both figures indicate substantial volume.
  • Lot titles are the primary source for medium identification; some lots lack source URLs, so individual lot verification is recommended before citing specific prices.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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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.

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Salvatore Fiume 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.

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