William Baptiste Baird Auction Prices and Value Guide
William Baptiste Baird auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 235 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
William Baptiste Baird auction prices: quick answer
William Baptiste Baird auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- William Baptiste Baird
- Source records
- 235
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
William Baptiste Baird market snapshot
William Baptiste Baird shows solid auction liquidity with 127 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $812. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-09.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (63.7% · 51 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (36.3% · 29 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $650
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 6
- Median shift vs prior year
- +44.4%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-11-09
Artist context
About William Baptiste Baird
Born
1847
Died
1917
Nationality
American
Also known as
William Baptist Baird
William Baptiste Baird was an American painter and draftsman whose surviving public records connect his name with landscapes, harbor views, and rural scenes featuring poultry. Museum-linked image records document paintings titled Harbour Scene and Landscape with Poultry, while another public-domain work, Parasol Pines, St. Raphael, points to coastal or Mediterranean scenery. Collectors may also encounter late-nineteenth-century chromolithographs reproducing his compositions, including a numbered pair of chicken subjects published in 1877. Those prints are explicitly described as works “after Baird,” an important distinction from an original painting or drawing by the artist. A French-language biographical source associates Baird with the Barbizon School, but the collected institutional material does not yet independently confirm that classification. His identity is represented across Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, ISNI, RKD, and Art UK, although the available records disagree about his life dates and occasionally spell his middle name as Baptist rather than Baptiste.
PaintingDrawingChromolithographic reproductions after BairdLandscapesPoultry and chickensHarbor scenesMediterranean trees and coastal landscape
Common works and media
Publicly documented examples include painted landscapes, harbor scenery, Mediterranean or coastal views, and rural compositions featuring chickens or other poultry. Collectors may also find chromolithographic reproductions issued after Baird’s compositions, including the paired titles Chickens no. 1 and Chickens no. 2 from 1877. The distinction between an original work by Baird and a print made after his design is central when identifying and comparing an object.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal of a work associated with William Baptiste Baird should begin by separating original paintings and drawings from reproductive prints made after his designs. Public image records show landscape, harbor, coastal-tree, and poultry subjects, while two documented chromolithographs identify a publisher, a 1877 date, physical dimensions, and numbered titles. Those distinctions can guide the selection of comparable auction records: a painting should not be compared directly with a mass-produced chromolithograph merely because both carry Baird’s name. Object-specific evidence concerning the medium, attribution wording, subject, date, publisher, and relationship to a numbered print pair should be recorded before market comparisons are drawn. The collected source pack does not include enough detailed auction-house evidence to support a price prediction or claim about market direction.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Landscape paintings
- Animal and poultry paintings
- Harbor and coastal paintings
- Chromolithographs after Baird
Value drivers
- Work type and attribution, particularly whether an object is an original painting or drawing by Baird or a reproductive print made after his composition
- Subject and composition, including landscape, harbor, coastal-tree, and poultry imagery
- For reproductive prints, the stated date, publisher, print process, dimensions, and identification within a numbered pair or group
Appraisal caveats
- The collected pack contains no accessible major-auction-house narrative or detailed comparable-sale results, so it does not support price forecasts or a market-trend claim.
- Identity and life-date records conflict: institutional collection metadata commonly uses 1847–1917, while the collected French Wikipedia excerpt gives 1849–1929.
- Works labeled “after Baird” should not be represented as original prints executed by the artist without additional object-specific evidence.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Wikidata library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- ISNI 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 William Baptiste Baird 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 William Baptiste Baird artwork?
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