Yves Rhaye Auction Prices and Value Guide
Yves Rhaye auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 168 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Yves Rhaye auction prices: quick answer
Yves Rhaye auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Yves Rhaye
- Source records
- 168
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Yves Rhaye market snapshot
Yves Rhaye shows solid auction liquidity with 50 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $240. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 12 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-27.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (95.2% · 40 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (4.8% · 2 sales)
- $10,000+ (0.0% · 0 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $280
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 12
- Median shift vs prior year
- 0.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-27
Artist context
About Yves Rhaye
Born
1936
Died
1995
Nationality
Belgian
Also known as
Yves Rhayé
Yves Rhaye, styled Yves Rhayé in several authority records, was a Belgian visual artist, painter and sculptor who lived from 1936 to 1995. Public authority files from Wikidata, VIAF and the Getty ULAN establish the core identity and connect name forms used by libraries and collection databases. The available source pack does not document a specific movement, school, studio chronology or detailed exhibition history, so those associations should not be inferred. Collectors may encounter Rhaye through works catalogued as paintings or sculptures and through records indexed under the accented form of his surname. Because the assembled evidence is authority-led rather than biographically extensive, identification should begin with the object and any signature, label, ownership history or catalogue reference accompanying it. Appraisily treats those object-level observations separately from the basic artist identity established by the authority records.
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Common works and media
Authority records identify Rhaye as both a painter and sculptor, making paintings and sculptures the only securely supported work categories in this source pack. Specific materials, subjects, series, editions, prints, drawings or ceramic production are not documented well enough here to characterize them as common.
Market and appraisal context
The available evidence supports a market view centered on paintings and sculpture, but it is insufficient to describe artist-specific price patterns, preferred subjects, periods or materials. An appraisal should first confirm that an offered work relates to the same Yves Rhaye represented by the authority records, including the name form Yves Rhayé. Comparable sales should then be selected by work type and, where the evidence permits, by date, dimensions, material, condition, provenance and attribution status. Signatures and inscriptions should be recorded but not treated as authentication by themselves. The source pack does not support a price prediction, and the underlying public auction records should be reviewed before drawing market conclusions.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Sculptures
Value drivers
- Work type, particularly whether the object is a painting or sculpture
- Identity matching across the forms Yves Rhaye and Yves Rhayé
- Comparable public auction records for works of the same type, when reliable records are available
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack contains no successfully retrieved major-auction-house biography or lot record for artist-specific market analysis.
- No supported price trend, preferred subject, period hierarchy, edition information, or material-specific market pattern can be established from the collected sources.
- The Appraisily artist page was rate-limited during collection, so its underlying auction records could not be reviewed individually.
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
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
- Wikimedia Commons image repository
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 Yves Rhaye 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 Yves Rhaye artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.