Week 18, 2025
Notable sales: Apr 28 – May 4, 2025
In the week of Apr 28 – May 4, 2025, ArtSell recorded 1,944 auction lots, of which 1,611 sold. The 1,607 sales with a published price total $17,416,398, with a median of $1,346. The top result was L. S. Lowry, “GOING TO THE MILL, 1925”, at $1,075,103 (Lyon & Turnbull, May 1, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- $1,075,103 (£805,200)
- $914,900
- Mountain Meadows, 1929$914,900
- $794,250
- The End of the Trail, 1894$749,800
- Falling Over the Bank, 1928$575,000
- "Who's afraid of his guns?" shouted McFarlane. "He daren't shoot in a square fight!" (Colts 45), 1912$572,000
- $533,900
- Petunias, circa 1928-30$318,000
- Camellias in a Vase, 1917-18$267,200
- Yours Truly, 1927$254,500
- 'Leopard Couch', 1983$237,399 (£177,800)
- 'Ondulation' coffee table, circa 1947$220,442 (£165,100)
- Rare ceiling light, model no. 208, circa 1935$220,442 (£165,100)
- $175,512 (£131,450)
- Large carpet, circa 1927$169,570 (£127,000)
- 'Miss Blanche' chair, designed 1988, executed 1993$169,570 (£127,000)
- $167,167 (£125,200)
- $161,092 (£120,650)
- $152,900
- $150,000
- Ten-armed 'Bouquet' wall light, circa 1950$144,135 (£107,950)
- 'Flora' cabinet, model no. B 955, designed 1938, produced 1965$135,656 (£101,600)
- 'Soleil à Pointes' mirror, model no. 3, circa 1960$115,308 (£86,360)
- $115,308 (£86,360)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. S. Lowry | GOING TO THE MILL, 1925 | $1,075,103 | $652,279 (138 earlier) |
| Paul Manship | Diana | $914,900 | $727,500 (17 earlier) |
| Winold Reiss | Falling Over the Bank | $575,000 | $313,600 (32 earlier) |
| Arthur Dove | Yours Truly | $254,500 | $43,750 (12 earlier) |
| George Henry Durrie | Gathering Wood for Winter | $152,900 | $110,000 (3 earlier) |
| Osvaldo Borsani | Unique pair of armchairs | $81,394 | $49,670 (136 earlier) |
| Carl Milles | Europa and the Bull | $76,700 | $25,000 (6 earlier) |
| Afra & Tobia Scarpa | Set of ten 'Africa' chairs, from the 'Artona' series | $67,828 | $35,000 (46 earlier) |
| Guglielmo Ulrich | Sofa | $66,132 | $60,156 (22 earlier) |
| William Tillyer | LANDSCAPE (HORIZONTAL WITH CLOUDS) [FROM THE WESTWOOD PAINTINGS], 1989 | $50,337 | $12,941 (10 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
René Lalique (113 sold · $481k)Axel Thorenfeldt (37 sold · $68.2k)Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (20 sold · $72.2k)Gio Ponti (19 sold · $456k)Clarice Cliff (15 sold · $11.4k)Laurence Broderick (14 sold · $22k)Ettore Sottsass (13 sold · $330k)Lucie Rie (12 sold · $211k)Scottie Wilson (10 sold · $16.2k)Gregory Crewdson (10 sold · $38.9k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Apr 28 – May 4, 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.