Marc Quinn
British · b. 1964 · Painter, Printmaker
Marc Quinn is a British contemporary visual artist whose work includes sculpture, installation, and painting. Quinn explores "what it is to be human in the world today" through… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Frozen HeadPhillips · £713,250≈ $1,106,037≈ €829,922Sign up to see
Careless DesirePhillips · £157,250≈ $243,848≈ €182,973Sign up to see
The Antarctic Nurseries of El Dorado (True North)Phillips · £134,500≈ $215,617≈ €158,998Sign up to see
Marc Quinn’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
2 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 34 | 29 | 85% | $98.3kSign up | $104kSign up | $178kSign up |
| Oil | 30 | 28 | 93% | $101kSign up | $109kSign up | $178kSign up |
| Acrylic | 4 | 1 | 25% | $28.8kSign up | $28.8kSign up | $28.8kSign up |
| Works on paper | 10 | 7 | 70% | $20kSign up | $8.9kSign up | $57.3kSign up |
| Watercolor | 4 | 4 | 100% | $23.2kSign up | $14.4kSign up | $57.3kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Drawing | 3 | 2 | 67% | $22.7kSign up | $22.7kSign up | $42.8kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 14 | 12 | 86% | $3.2kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $8.2kSign up |
| Etching | 3 | 3 | 100% | $1.9kSign up | $1kSign up | $3.8kSign up |
| Screenprint | 5 | 5 | 100% | $3.8kSign up | $4.8kSign up | $6.7kSign up |
| Print (other) | 6 | 4 | 67% | $3.4kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $8.2kSign up |
| Photography | 38 | 31 | 82% | $5.8kSign up | $2.7kSign up | $21.3kSign up |
| Photograph | 38 | 31 | 82% | $5.8kSign up | $2.7kSign up | $21.3kSign up |
| Sculpture | 41 | 35 | 85% | $60.8kSign up | $29.3kSign up | $244kSign up |
| Other | 6 | 6 | 100% | $197kSign up | $17.5kSign up | $1.1MSign 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 | 7 | 7 | $12.9kSign up |
| 2025 | 11 | 10 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2023 | 11 | 8 | $2kSign up |
| 2022 | 8 | 5 | $26.6kSign up |
| 2021 | 8 | 7 | $73.3kSign up |
| 2020 | 12 | 11 | $22.5kSign up |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | $4kSign up |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 | $45.4kSign up |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | $15.6kSign up |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 | $19.6kSign up |
| 2015 | 15 | 11 | $137kSign up |
| 2014 | 13 | 12 | $71.4kSign up |
| 2013 | 18 | 16 | $42kSign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $16.1kSign up |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | $2.7kSign up |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | $8.3kSign up |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | $14.3kSign up |