Rating and value of Axel Salto's ceramics, stoneware and sculptures

If you own an object by or after Axel Salto, and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers can offer you their appraisal services. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its current market value. Then, if you wish to sell your work, we'll guide you towards the best possible arrangement to obtain the optimum price.

Rating and value of Axel Salto's works  

Axel Salto is a French artist well known to collectors of ceramics and sculpture. If you own one of his works, it may be worth more than you think. On the art market, Salto's works can fetch very high prices under the auctioneer's hammer.

His ceramic works are particularly prized by Danish and European buyers, and the price at which they sell on the art market ranges from €10 to €389,480, a fairly substantial range, but one that says a lot about the value that can be attributed to Salto's works. In 2012, a vase in the "budding" style dating from 1944 sold for €389,480, whereas it was estimated at between €100,510 and €125,640, more than twice the low estimate.

Order of value from a simple work to the most prestigious

Artist Axel Salto's style and technique

Axel Salto doesn't fit into any predefined trend; he produces a highly singular body of work and runs his own studio and gallery. He produces sculptures in a variety of materials, including copper, ceramics and bronze.  

The life of Axel Salto

Axel Salto is a ceramist born in 1889, little known to the uninitiated but regarded as a major figure in twentieth-century fire art. He was born in Copenhagen and began ceramics in 1911. In 1916, he travelled to Paris and exhibited his work there. After exchanges with Picasso and Matisse, he returned to Denmark in search of a solid structure and pure, monumental color tones in his work, which he summed up in the term "essence of art". With other painters and artists, he founded the short-lived De Fire group.

In 1925, Axel Salto really began his career by exhibiting at the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs Industriels et Modernes, and made a name for himself in France. The Danish company Bing & Grodhal commissioned several collections from him following this event. Over the course of his career, he produced more than 3,000 stoneware pieces. Works published by Royal Copenhagen are often found on the market, as it was his main publisher.

Axel Salto on the auction market

Salto's works are often abstract, featuring intricate geometric patterns or uniquely shaped animals, but also inspired by plants and seaweed. 

There is no longer a monopoly factory or gallery marketing Salto's work. As a result, the auction market is a privileged avenue for acquiring one of his works. They are very popular at auction, and whether it's a stoneware sculpture, an animal model, a ceramic bowl or some other work, they are all in demand. 

Recognizing Axel Salto's signature   

Not all the objects produced by Axel Salto are signed. Moreover, there are many copies, which is why it's important to have your work appraised.

Knowing the value of a work

If you happen to own a work by or after Axel Salto, don't hesitate to request a free appraisal using the form on our website. A member of our team of experts and certified auctioneers will contact you promptly to provide you with an estimate of the market value of your work, as well as any relevant information about it. If you're thinking of selling your work, our specialists will also be on hand to offer you alternatives for selling it at the best possible price, taking into account market trends.