Week 1, 2025
Notable sales: Dec 30, 2024 – Jan 5, 2025
In the week of Dec 30, 2024 – Jan 5, 2025, ArtSell recorded 139 auction lots, of which 125 sold. The 125 sales with a published price total $415,430, with a median of $3,406. The top result was Ernst Barlach, “Der Melonenesser”, at $15,696 (Grisebach, Jan 5, 2025). 1 artist set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Der Melonenesser, 1907$15,696 (€15,240)
- $14,388 (€13,970)
- flächenraum, 1961$14,388 (€13,970)
- Ohne Titel, Um 1958$11,772 (€11,430)
- Ohne Titel, 1962$10,464 (€10,160)
- Formen schwebend, 1938$9,810 (€9,525)
- $7,848 (€7,620)
- $7,848 (€7,620)
- Frau mit Scheibe, 2004$7,194 (€6,985)
- $7,194 (€6,985)
- Toros, 1960$6,812 (€6,600)
- Kleiner weißer Vogel, 2010$6,540 (€6,350)
- Rathausplatz, 1918$6,540 (€6,350)
- Zwei kleine Löwen, 1898$6,278 (€6,096)
- Ergänzen, 1974$6,017 (€5,842)
- $5,493 (€5,334)
- Springender Bock, 1927$5,493 (€5,334)
- Les Amours Jaunes, 1974$5,449 (€5,280)
- $5,449 (€5,280)
- Le rendez-vous, 1983$5,449 (€5,280)
- Ohne Titel, 1992$5,232 (€5,080)
- $5,232 (€5,080)
- Ohne Titel, 1967$5,232 (€5,080)
- $5,232 (€5,080)
- Service visage noir, 1948$5,232 (€5,080)
New artist records
The artist’s best price this week exceeded every earlier priced result for them in the ArtSell database (artists with at least three earlier priced results).
| Artist | Work | Price | Previous high |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernd Berner | flächenraum | $14,388 | $11,289 (39 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Joan Miró (8 sold · $26.8k)Otto Dix (4 sold · $11k)Ewald Mataré (3 sold · $5.2k)Max Ernst (3 sold · $4.2k)Henry Moore (3 sold · $2.5k)Marc Chagall (3 sold · $9.1k)Pablo Picasso (3 sold · $16.2k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Dec 30, 2024 – Jan 5, 2025 (by sale date). Prices are converted to USD at the sale-date rate; the original currency is shown in brackets. Results that houses publish later are added as they arrive. ArtSell is a database of auction results; it does not authenticate or value works.