Week 4, 2025
Notable sales: Jan 20 – 26, 2025
In the week of Jan 20 – 26, 2025, ArtSell recorded 2,094 auction lots, of which 1,401 sold. The 1,401 sales with a published price total $5,493,106, with a median of $939. The top result was Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski, “Sanna, przed 1912 r.”, at $213,727 (Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny, Jan 25, 2025). 7 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- $213,727 (PLN 860,000)
- Four Majors, 2018$172,068 (£139,700)
- $148,605 (£120,650)
- $125,141 (£101,600)
- $101,893 (PLN 410,000)
- Girl with Balloon, 2004$101,677 (£82,550)
- Amazing, 2012$101,677 (£82,550)
- $75,084 (£60,960)
- $75,084 (£60,960)
- $70,392 (£57,150)
- $65,699 (£53,340)
- $62,570 (£50,800)
- Portret Anny M., 1930 r., 1930$59,645 (PLN 240,000)
- $59,442 (£48,260)
- Balloon Dog (Blue), 2021$59,442 (£48,260)
- UPS AND DOWNS, 2013$54,749 (£44,450)
- $50,056 (£40,640)
- $46,928 (£38,100)
- Mao (F. & S. 92), 1972$46,928 (£38,100)
- $46,928 (£38,100)
- Zermatt (D1), 2022$46,928 (£38,100)
- Untitled III, from The Figure Portfolio, 1982/2023$40,671 (£33,020)
- $40,671 (£33,020)
- $37,542 (£30,480)
- $34,414 (£27,940)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Umlauf | Saint Michael and Lucifer | $28,000 | $14,000 (8 earlier) |
| Juan Arellano | Untitled | $14,408 | $10,565 (5 earlier) |
| Alwy Visschedyk | Ensemble de dix chaises Lath | $6,628 | $441 (3 earlier) |
| Edgardo Coghlan | Untitled | $4,397 | $3,895 (5 earlier) |
| Lorenzo E. Ghiglieri | Unconquered | $3,750 | $2,000 (4 earlier) |
| Philip Reeves | LOCK ON THE NILE, 1993 | $3,739 | $3,207 (9 earlier) |
| Laurent Casimir | Table Schraag2 | $3,712 | $221 (5 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Ruth Lewis (32 sold · $6.4k)Pasquale Monaco (27 sold · $9.1k)Damien Hirst (18 sold · $258k)Andy Warhol (18 sold · $384k)Grueby Faience Company (14 sold · $19.5k)Takashi Murakami (13 sold · $60k)Pablo Picasso (13 sold · $93k)Manuel Baldemor (12 sold · $24.4k)Paco Gorospe (11 sold · $9.5k)Marcel Broodthaers (11 sold · $110k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Jan 20 – 26, 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.