Sami Briss Auction Prices and Value Guide
Sami Briss auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,826 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Sami Briss auction prices: quick answer
Sami Briss auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Sami Briss
- Source records
- 1,826
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Sami Briss market snapshot
Sami Briss shows deep auction liquidity with 293 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $400. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 26 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-22.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (83.6% · 122 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (16.4% · 24 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $320
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 26
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-22
Artist context
About Sami Briss
Born
1930
Nationality
French, Israeli
Also known as
Samy Briss
Samy Briss, also catalogued as Sami Briss, is a Romanian-born French-Israeli painter and engraver who is also described as a sculptor. Born in Iași in 1930, he is represented in international authority systems under both spellings of his given name. His bibliographic record includes illustrated literary publications and an artistic-testimony project concerning the 1941 Iași pogrom. The collected sources do not establish a formal movement or school affiliation, so his work should not be assigned to one without stronger scholarly evidence. Collectors may encounter his name in connection with paintings, engravings, sculpture, works on paper, and book illustration. Because auction and library records alternate between Sami and Samy, searches under both forms are useful when researching authorship, exhibition history, publications, and comparable sales. Authority identifiers help distinguish him from similarly named artists and consolidate otherwise fragmented records.
PaintingEngravingSculptureBook illustrationThe 1941 Iași pogrom
Common works and media
Public authority records most firmly document painting and engraving, while another collected biography also identifies sculpture. IdRef links Briss to illustrated literary publications and to an artistic testimony concerning the 1941 Iași pogrom. In appraisal and auction settings, works may therefore appear as paintings, prints or engravings, sculptures, works on paper, or book-related illustrations. The collected sources do not establish a complete catalogue of subjects, series, editions, or media, so unusual objects and edition claims require independent documentation.
Market and appraisal context
Appraisily records indicate an auction-market footprint for Briss, but the collected source pack does not include major auction-house analysis or enough lot-level evidence to support price forecasts. Appraisal research should compare like with like across paintings, engravings, sculptures, works on paper, and illustrated material. The Sami and Samy spelling difference can divide catalog records, so both forms should be checked when locating comparables. Public sale dates, realized prices, dimensions, catalog descriptions, and photographs can provide context when matching records are available, but the current evidence does not justify claims about liquidity, scarcity, market direction, or a hierarchy among media. Object-specific attribution and documentation remain essential.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Prints and engravings
- Sculpture
- Illustrated books and works on paper
Value drivers
- Work type and medium, with paintings, engravings, sculptures, and illustrated material compared within their respective categories
- Correct identity reconciliation across the Sami Briss and Samy Briss name variants
- Comparable public auction records for the same medium and work type, when sufficiently documented records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The collected pack contains no major auction-house biography, lot analysis, or price-trend study.
- The Appraisily auction-record count is an input signal and should not be interpreted by itself as evidence of liquidity, scarcity, or rising prices.
- No collected museum, estate, or catalogue-raisonné source establishes a complete taxonomy of the artist's media, subjects, editions, or series.
- Attribution, authenticity, condition, provenance, and edition claims require object-specific evidence not present in this artist-level source pack.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- IdRef library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Bibliothèque nationale de France library authority
- RKD library authority
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
How much is Sami Briss 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 Sami Briss artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.