# Aldo Londi artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/aldo-londi/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:23:10.724Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Italian
- Common media: Ceramics, Sculpture, Painting

## About Aldo Londi

Aldo Londi (1911–2003) was an Italian ceramicist, sculptor, and painter. Independent library authority records consistently identify his dates, nationality, and work across these three disciplines. Ceramics occupy a particularly visible place in his documented legacy: the collected bibliography includes a bilingual study presenting Londi as a twentieth-century ceramist, published by the Fondazione Vittoriano Bitossi, as well as a Piasa sale catalogue devoted to ceramics for Bitossi dated from 1955 through 1992. Collectors may therefore encounter Londi in both decorative-art and fine-art settings, especially through ceramic objects connected with Bitossi, alongside works classified as sculpture or painting. The available source pack does not establish a named artistic movement, detailed stylistic chronology, or recurring subject vocabulary, so those classifications should not be inferred solely from auction listings. Secure identification depends on the individual object's markings, documentation, date, materials, and relationship to published examples.

## Common works and media

Documented work types include ceramics, sculpture, and painting. Ceramic objects associated with Bitossi, including examples dated within the documented 1955–1992 span, are especially relevant to auction and appraisal research. Appraisily's matched records also place Londi entries in decorative art, sculpture, painting, mixed-media, print, and works-on-paper categories, although the source pack does not establish how frequently every category occurs. Each object should be classified from its materials, form, markings, date, and supporting documentation rather than from the artist name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched market index reports 393 auction records for Aldo Londi, including 306 priced records dated from 2011 through 2026. Its February 2026 model placed the median realized result near $500, with many reported comparables between $200 and $1,200 and an observed range from $20 to $11,000. These figures describe the collected records, not a prediction for another object. An appraisal should compare works of similar medium, size, date, condition, attribution, provenance, and catalogue status. For ceramic pieces associated with Bitossi, inscriptions, factory marks, production period, restoration, surface condition, and support from published examples may be especially important. Fees, incomplete feeds, private transactions, and attribution changes can also limit direct price comparisons.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine researched identity records with matched public auction data, auction-house context, sale dates, reported realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Private sales, incomplete feeds, condition differences, and attribution changes may not be represented.

## Sources

- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/123273803
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/56430769/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500347263
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47093077
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/aldo-londi/