# Carl (1865) Kauba artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/carl-1865-kauba/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T10:42:57.403Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Common media: Bronze sculpture on a granite base, documented for one object

## About Carl (1865) Kauba

The available public source pack does not establish a fully verified biography for Carl (1865) Kauba. It contains an Appraisily market page and a Wikimedia Commons record for a bronze sculpture on a granite base credited to Carl Kauba, but no museum biography, authority file, catalogue raisonné, or stable entity identifier. Accordingly, the parenthetical “1865” should not yet be treated as a confirmed birth year, and nationality, life dates, training, movement, and career history remain unverified. Collectors may encounter the name in auction records spanning sculpture, decorative art, paintings, and works on paper, although the current Appraisily categories are broad and the identity match needs stronger institutional corroboration. Until that research is available, appraisal work should begin with the object itself: its signature or inscriptions, medium, construction, measurements, condition, provenance, and the exact wording of the auction attribution.

## Common works and media

The source pack documents one bronze sculpture mounted on a granite base, titled “Coach and Four,” through Wikimedia Commons. Appraisily also groups matched auction records under sculpture and mixed media, decorative art and editions, fine art and paintings, and works on paper and prints. Because those categories are broad and identity evidence is thin, they should be treated as search and comparison buckets rather than a verified catalogue of Kauba’s typical production. For an individual object, record the precise medium, casting or fabrication details, base, dimensions, marks, inscriptions, edition or foundry information, subject, and condition before choosing comparables.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily’s matched records report an observed auction range of $425 to $42,500 and a median near $550, but the page also presents inconsistent record totals and no sales in the latest twelve-month window shown. These figures are descriptive inputs, not a price forecast. A defensible appraisal should compare works of the same medium, size, date, subject, condition, and attribution level, while checking signatures, inscriptions, edition information, restoration, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Comparable public sales should be recent and genuinely similar, and reported prices should be normalized for whether buyer’s premiums or fees are included. Private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may not be reflected.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine cautious artist-identity research with matched auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. In this case, identity evidence remains limited and the market data should be independently reconciled before appraisal use.

## Sources

- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/carl-1865-kauba/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coach_and_Four_saam_1929.8.601.jpg
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/carl-1865-kauba/