Urbain Huchet Auction Prices and Value Guide
Urbain Huchet auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 2,907 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Urbain Huchet auction prices: quick answer
Urbain Huchet auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Urbain Huchet
- Source records
- 2,907
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Urbain Huchet market snapshot
Urbain Huchet shows solid auction liquidity with 132 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $80. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 17 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-08.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (100.0% · 66 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (0.0% · 0 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $50
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 17
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-08
Artist context
About Urbain Huchet
Born
1930
Died
2014
Nationality
French
Urbain Huchet (1930–2014) was a French painter, lithographer, author, and illustrator. Born in Rennes, he lived in Pont-Aven from 1960 to 1963 before settling in Boulogne-Billancourt. Library authority records connect Huchet with the 1968 travel book À travers le Mexique et l'autre Amérique, for which he was both author and illustrator, and with a 1971 Latin American literary volume that he illustrated. These records help distinguish him from similarly named historical figures and establish a practice extending beyond easel painting into printmaking and published illustration. Collectors may therefore encounter his name on paintings, works on paper, lithographs, illustrated books, and other editioned material. Appraisily's matched auction index also groups attributed works across fine-art, print, mixed-media, and decorative-art categories. Because the collected sources do not include a museum, estate, or scholarly biography, claims about Huchet's training, stylistic movement, and recurring subjects remain deliberately limited.
PaintingLithographyBook illustration
Common works and media
The collected identity sources directly associate Huchet with painting, lithography, authorship, and book illustration. In appraisal and auction contexts, collectors may encounter paintings, works on paper, prints or lithographs, illustrated publications, and editioned material bearing his name. Appraisily's market index also contains broader mixed-media, sculpture, and decorative-art classifications, although each lot should be checked individually because the source pack does not establish those forms as central parts of his documented practice. It likewise does not provide enough authoritative evidence to define recurring subjects or named series.
Market and appraisal context
Urbain Huchet's auction results should be compared with works that match in medium, dimensions, date, condition, subject, and attribution. For lithographs and other editioned works, edition size, impression number, signature, inscriptions, paper condition, and completeness can be especially relevant. For paintings, surface condition, restoration, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references may affect comparability. Appraisily's public index records matched results, but private transactions and incomplete feeds are not necessarily represented. Reported sale totals may also differ in whether buyer premiums or fees are included. Auction records are therefore useful evidence for selecting comparable works, not a stand-alone price prediction or authentication opinion.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Fine art and paintings
- Works on paper and prints
- Sculpture and mixed media
- Decorative art and editions
Value drivers
- Medium, dimensions, date, and period within the artist's career
- Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
- Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and attribution confidence
- Provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references
- Comparable public auction sales for works similar in medium, size, date, and condition
- Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records are a starting point rather than a complete appraisal.
- Private transactions and incomplete auction feeds may not be represented.
- Authentication, attribution, condition, and restoration can materially affect value.
- Reported auction totals may differ in their treatment of buyer premiums and fees.
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
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
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 Urbain Huchet 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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