Week 2, 2025
Notable sales: Jan 6 – 12, 2025
In the week of Jan 6 – 12, 2025, ArtSell recorded 1,078 auction lots, of which 906 sold. The 895 sales with a published price total $2,401,475, with a median of $1,207. The top result was Roy Lichtenstein, “Composition III”, at $52,000 (Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), Jan 8, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Composition III, 1996$52,000
- Wally-bird tobacco jar, 1903$50,800
- Wally-bird tobacco jar, 1891$30,480
- Exceptional vase, 1898-1910$27,940
- Wally-bird tobacco jar, 1887$26,670
- Touched Red, 1991$25,400
- $25,400
- Plane Filling II, 1957$25,400
- $25,400
- $24,130
- Rare vase, model 34, 1898-1902$24,130
- Hi-Fi Wall Unit stereo system, 1964-65$23,760
- $23,400
- $22,100
- Rare snake vase, 1896$21,590
- $21,590
- Pepto-Caviar Hollywood, 1970$20,320
- $20,320
- Still Life with Red Jar, 1994$19,500
- I Fought the Law, 2004$17,780
- $17,780
- $17,780
- 1984, 1967$16,510
- Early Lorelei vase, 1902$15,240
- $15,240
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers Pottery | Wally-bird tobacco jar | $50,800 | $35,000 (6 earlier) |
| Dieter Rams | Hi-Fi Wall Unit stereo system | $23,760 | $13,750 (13 earlier) |
| Wheatley Pottery | Monumental and Rare vase with dragonflies | $20,320 | $4,410 (9 earlier) |
| Anna Frances Simpson for Newcomb College Pottery | Exceptional and Large scenic vase with live oaks, Spanish moss, and full moon | $12,065 | $7,500 (28 earlier) |
| Mary Chase Perry for Pewabic Pottery | Rare and Early vase with cyclamen | $12,065 | $8,190 (5 earlier) |
| Los Castillo | Pitcher with parrot handle | $8,890 | $1,785 (3 earlier) |
| Pier Giuseppe Ramella | Club 1195 floor lamps, pair | $6,600 | $2,016 (4 earlier) |
| Studio65 | Bocca sofa | $5,940 | $4,200 (3 earlier) |
| William Day Gates for Teco Pottery | Vase, model 403A | $5,334 | $4,788 (12 earlier) |
| Postmodern | Console | $4,826 | $1,764 (7 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
George E. Ohr (33 sold · $166k)Ed Ruscha (14 sold · $80.9k)Andy Warhol (11 sold · $80k)Artus Van Briggle for Van Briggle Pottery (10 sold · $35.8k)Sam Francis (10 sold · $9.3k)Roy Lichtenstein (10 sold · $135k)Isamu Noguchi (9 sold · $33.3k)George Nelson & Associates (9 sold · $26.4k)Alice Neel (9 sold · $32.4k)Dieter Rams (8 sold · $43.7k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Jan 6 – 12, 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.