# Charles Valton artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/charles-valton/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:28:36.189Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1851-01-26
- Death date: 1918-05-21
- Nationality: French
- Common media: Sculpture

## Portrait

![Charles Valton](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Charles_Valton_by_Gallot.png)
Gallot · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Valton_by_Gallot.png

## About Charles Valton

Charles Valton (1851–1918) was a French sculptor known for animal subjects. Authority records identify him as a French sculptor, while biographical references place his life and practice across the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Collectors are most likely to encounter Valton through animal sculpture rather than through a formally documented modern-art movement. His specialization belongs to the broader French tradition of animalier sculpture, in which close observation of animal form, posture, and character shaped works intended for both fine-art and decorative settings. Valton's name appears in library and research authority systems, including Wikidata, VIAF, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and RKD, which helps distinguish his works and auction records from those of similarly named makers. In appraisal and auction contexts, the artist is associated principally with sculptural objects depicting animals, making subject, material, dimensions, casting or edition details, inscriptions, condition, and attribution especially important when comparing one example with another.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal records most commonly place Charles Valton in sculpture, especially works centered on animal subjects. Listings may also classify sculptural objects under mixed media, decorative art, or editions. Because the collected sources do not establish a complete catalogue of materials, casting practices, or named series, each object's medium, dimensions, inscriptions, edition or foundry information, surface, and attribution should be verified from the work and its documentation rather than inferred from the artist's name alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's matched public-auction index contains a substantial body of records attributed to Charles Valton, but an individual result should be interpreted through genuinely comparable objects. Relevant considerations include the sculpture's medium and dimensions, animal subject, date, surface condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, casting and edition information, provenance, and confidence in the attribution. Catalogue references and exhibition history may provide additional support. Public results can differ in whether buyer premiums or fees are included, and private transactions are generally absent, so headline prices are not automatically comparable. A reliable appraisal should examine the object itself and select recent public sales that align closely in work type, scale, condition, and authorship evidence.

## Appraisily data basis

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

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2960367
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/308704471/
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14939168z
- RKD: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/219475
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Valton
- Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Valton
- Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Valton
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/charles-valton/