# Clarence Millet artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T16:19:06.202Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: American
- Common media: Painting

## About Clarence Millet

Clarence Millet (1897–1959) is identified by Wikidata and VIAF as an American painter, while Getty ULAN supplies a stable institutional authority record for the same artist. The collected sources do not establish exact birth and death dates, a particular movement, training history, geographic affiliation, or a documented list of subjects and series. Those details should therefore remain open rather than be inferred from auction titles. Collectors are most likely to encounter Millet through paintings and through public auction records matched to his name. Appraisily's index also places some matched lots in broader works-on-paper, print, mixed-media, sculpture, decorative-art, and edition categories, although the present evidence does not show how representative those classifications are of his wider body of work. Careful identity matching is especially important when reviewing signatures, catalogue descriptions, and historical sale records attributed to Clarence Millet.

## Common works and media

Painting is the only work type directly supported by the collected authority records. Appraisily's auction index additionally groups matched Clarence Millet lots under fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. Because no museum collection survey or scholarly catalogue was collected, these broad auction categories should be treated as record classifications rather than a definitive description of Millet's oeuvre. Individual objects should be checked for medium, support, dimensions, inscriptions, signature, edition status, and attribution language.

## Market and appraisal context

Clarence Millet's auction market should be assessed through closely comparable lots rather than a single headline result or overall median. Useful comparisons align the medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration history, signature or inscriptions, attribution status, provenance, exhibition history, and catalogue references. Edition information also matters when the object is a print or another multiple. Appraisily's public index contains matched auction records spanning multiple categories, but its own summary describes the category concentration as broad or sparse. Reported prices may also differ in whether buyer premiums or fees are included. A current appraisal should therefore verify the object's identity and condition first, then interpret recent public results alongside older relevant sales and any available documentation.

## Appraisily data basis

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

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52148679
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500083966
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/96285815/
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/clarence-millet/