Saverio Manetti Auction Prices and Value Guide

Saverio Manetti auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 568 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Saverio Manetti auction prices: quick answer

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

Artist
Saverio Manetti
Source records
568
Market update
2026-02-06

Saverio Manetti market snapshot

Saverio Manetti shows developing auction liquidity with 47 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $700. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-01-20.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (60.0% · 21 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (34.3% · 12 sales)
  • $10,000+ (5.7% · 2 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$450
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
6
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-01-20

Artist context

About Saverio Manetti

Saverio Manetti portrait
Giovanni Zanobio Weber (c.1737 - 1806) · Public domain · Source

Born

1723

Died

1784

Nationality

Italian

Also known as

Francesco Saverio Manetti, Xaviero Manetti, Xaverio Manetti, Xaverius Manetti

Saverio Manetti (1723–1784) was an Italian physician, botanist, ornithologist, and scientific author rather than a visual artist in the conventional sense. Library and entity records identify him under several forms of his name, including Francesco Saverio Manetti and the Latinized Xaverius Manetti. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with eighteenth-century natural-history publishing. His best-documented title in the collected sources is the ornithological treatise Ornithologia methodice digesta, also known as Storia naturale degli uccelli and dated 1776. A VIAF authority record additionally associates him with Regnum vegetabile and scientific work connected with plant classification. These publication links explain why objects cataloged under Manetti may appear in book, print, or natural-history auction contexts even though the available sources do not establish him as the maker of autonomous artworks. Careful identity matching is especially important because his name appears in multiple Italian and Latinized forms.

Natural-history books and scientific publicationsOrnithology and birdsBotany and plant classification

Common works and media

The source pack most securely associates Manetti with scientific and natural-history publications concerning birds and botany. Named works include the 1776 ornithological treatise Ornithologia methodice digesta, also called Storia naturale degli uccelli, and the botanical title Regnum vegetabile. Items offered under his name may therefore be described as books, scientific publications, or material associated with those titles. The collected evidence does not establish the usual editions, formats, or whether particular prints and illustrations were personally made by Manetti.

Market and appraisal context

The available evidence supports a publication-centered market context, not a general fine-art market profile. An appraisal should first establish whether an item is connected to Saverio Manetti as author and whether its cataloged title corresponds to Storia naturale degli uccelli, Ornithologia methodice digesta, Regnum vegetabile, or another documented work. Name variants such as Francesco Saverio, Xaviero, Xaverio, and Xaverius can affect record matching. The collected pack contains no usable major auction-house evidence, edition analysis, or realized-price history, so it cannot support price predictions or claims about market trends. Individual lot documentation and comparable public sales are needed before drawing valuation conclusions.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Natural-history books and scientific publications
  • Ornithological publications associated with Storia naturale degli uccelli

Value drivers

  1. Reliable linkage of an item to Saverio Manetti across the recorded name variants
  2. Identification of the specific publication and its alternate title

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected sources contain no successfully fetched major auction-house record, realized-price evidence, or detailed lot descriptions.
  • The supplied auction-directory count does not by itself prove that every associated record belongs to this historical scientist or to an original publication authored by him.
  • The source pack does not establish typical editions, object formats, attribution standards, or price behavior, so valuation conclusions require examination of the individual item and comparable public sales.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Saverio Manetti

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Artist value FAQ

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