David Salle
American · b. 1952 · Painter, Printmaker
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Record prices
Nadar's GreyPhillips · $495,000≈ £381,444≈ €438,208Sign up to see
Maid of GermanyPhillips · £249,000≈ $324,970≈ €282,435Sign up to see
Nothing To Do With FlagsPhillips · $252,000≈ £211,729≈ €242,028Sign up to see
David Salle’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
3 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
17 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 43 | 36 | 84% | $112kSign up | $86.6kSign up | $495kSign up |
| Oil | 37 | 32 | 86% | $103kSign up | $90kSign up | $325kSign up |
| Acrylic | 5 | 4 | 80% | $179kSign up | $81.8kSign up | $495kSign up |
| Mixed media | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Works on paper | 18 | 13 | 72% | $10.1kSign up | $5.3kSign up | $52.5kSign up |
| Watercolor | 7 | 4 | 57% | $5.3kSign up | $5.3kSign up | $8.8kSign up |
| Drawing | 3 | 2 | 67% | $2.9kSign up | $2.9kSign up | $5.3kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 69 | 64 | 93% | $3.4kSign up | $875Sign up | $96.7kSign up |
| Etching | 14 | 12 | 86% | $862Sign up | $790Sign up | $1.7kSign up |
| Aquatint | 8 | 7 | 88% | $2.2kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $3.4kSign up |
| Lithograph | 34 | 34 | 100% | $1.2kSign up | $863Sign up | $3.8kSign up |
| Screenprint | 7 | 6 | 86% | $23kSign up | $938Sign up | $96.7kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 5 | 4 | 80% | $559Sign up | $491Sign up | $1.1kSign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $8.3kSign up | $8.3kSign up | $8.3kSign up |
| Photography | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up |
| Photograph | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up |
| Sculpture | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.8kSign up | $1.8kSign up | $1.8kSign up |
| Other | 6 | 5 | 83% | $19.3kSign up | $500Sign up | $93.8kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 7 | $4.5kSign up |
| 2025 | 11 | 9 | $12.9kSign up |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | $49.8kSign up |
| 2023 | 17 | 16 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2022 | 13 | 11 | $901Sign up |
| 2021 | 15 | 14 | $1kSign up |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2019 | 14 | 12 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | $8.8kSign up |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | $466Sign up |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | $2.2kSign up |
| 2015 | 11 | 5 | $5.3kSign up |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | $75kSign up |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | $103kSign up |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | $59.9kSign up |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | $2.1kSign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $2kSign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | $550Sign up |