# Christian  Dell artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/christian-dell/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:44:08.454Z
Quality: low confidence, thin sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: German
- Common media: Silver and walnut, Painted metal, brass, and Bakelite

## About Christian  Dell

Christian Dell is identified in the available biographical source as a German silversmith. The collected object records also connect his name with designed lighting, including an Idell lamp for Kaiser and a Molitor Grapholux office lamp, as well as a silver-and-walnut tea and coffee service dated about 1925 and described in a Bauhaus, Weimar context. These records suggest why collectors may encounter Dell across both metalwork and lighting rather than in a single fine-art medium. The present source pack does not contain an institution-grade biography, authority file, or catalogue reference establishing his life dates, training, full career chronology, or a definitive movement classification. Those points remain open pending stronger documentation.

## Common works and media

The collected records identify silver service pieces and metal office or table lamps. One Commons record documents a silver-and-walnut tea and coffee service bearing Dell's mark and dated about 1925; others identify Kaiser Idell and Molitor Grapholux lamps as Dell designs. Appraisily's broader auction-category labels are sparse and generic, so they should not be read as a definitive catalogue of Dell's work.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisily's public page reports seven matched auction records, including three priced records dated from 2006 through 2014. It gives an observed range of $550 to $7,500 and a median realized result near $3,120. Because that sample is thin, these figures should not be treated as a general price forecast. Appraisal should compare like with like, considering work type, medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, marks or inscriptions, attribution confidence, provenance, catalogue references, and genuinely comparable public sales. Price definitions should also be checked because reported results may treat buyer premiums and fees differently.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Evidence for this profile is limited, so unresolved identity and market questions are disclosed rather than inferred.

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Dell
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/christian-dell/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tea_and_coffee_service,_mark_of_Christian_Dell,_Bauhaus,_Weimar,_Germany,_about_1925,_silver,_walnut_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_London,_England_-_DSC05160.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian-dell_molitor-office-work-lamp-light.jpg
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaiser-idell-christian-dell.jpg