Public sale records, not an appraisal

How much is The Card Players worth?

The Card Players is not for sale: it is held by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, so it has no market price. Cézanne painted five Card Players; this is the one in Paris. The closest guide is Cézanne's highest documented sale: $137.8 million for La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, at Christie's New York in 2022. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.

Artist: Paul Cézanne
Date: 1895
Medium: Oil on canvas
Held by: Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Cézanne's record$138MLa Montagne Sainte-Victoire · 2022

Own a print or copy of The Card Players?

Most copies of The Card Players in homes are prints, posters or hand-painted copies. They sell as decorative pieces, not as Cézanne's work. These are the resale ranges Art Scanner's value estimate starts from.

Poster or unframed print$5–$60

Framed decorative or museum-shop print$40–$250

Large framed archival print$150–$800

Hand-painted copy$100–$800

An oil copy painted by hand, often sold as decor

Resale value in US dollars on a log scale: what copies actually sell for second-hand, not retail.

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About the painting

The Card Players is a series of oil paintings by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne. Painted during Cézanne's final period in the early 1890s, there are five paintings in the series. The versions vary in size, the number of players, and the setting in which the game takes place. Cézanne also completed numerous drawings and studies in preparation for The Card Players series.

More on the artist: the most expensive Cézanne ever sold, and where the famous ones hang.

Cézanne next to other famous artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research. Cézanne: $137.8 million for La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, in 2022.

Leonardo$450MSalvator Mundi · 2017
Klimt$236MPortrait of Elisabeth Lederer · 2025
Rembrandt$199MThe Standard Bearer · 2022
Seurat$149MLes Poseuses, Ensemble · 2022
Cézanne$138MLa Montagne Sainte-Victoire · 2022
Munch$120MThe Scream · 2012
Van Gogh$117MVerger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses) · 2022
Monet$111MMeules (Haystacks) · 2019
Gauguin$106MMaternité II · 2022

Nominal US dollars as reported at the time of sale, buyer's premium included where the source includes it.

Why it has no price

The Card Players is held by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Works in public collections are not sold, so no one can put a market price on them. Sale records of other works by the same artist are the closest guide to what it would fetch.

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Questions

How much is The Card Players worth?

The Card Players is not for sale: it is held by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, so it has no market price. Cézanne painted five Card Players; this is the one in Paris. The closest guide is Cézanne's highest documented sale: $137.8 million for La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, at Christie's New York in 2022. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.

How much is a print of The Card Players worth?

Most prints and posters of The Card Players sell for $5–$250, with framed ones at the top of that range, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800. They are priced as decorative pieces, not as Cézanne's work.

Is The Card Players for sale?

No. It is held by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Works in public collections are not sold, so they have no market price.

What is Cézanne's most expensive work?

La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, which sold for $137.8 million at Christie's New York in 2022. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

Where is The Card Players?

The Card Players (1895, oil on canvas) is held by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.