Week 19, 2025
Notable sales: May 5 – 11, 2025
In the week of May 5 – 11, 2025, ArtSell recorded 860 auction lots, of which 816 sold. The 816 sales with a published price total $2,645,695, with a median of $1,778. The top result was Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, “Portret dziewczynki na tle pejzażu, 1927 r.”, at $66,355 (Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny, May 10, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- $66,355 (PLN 250,000)
- $50,430 (PLN 190,000)
- Portret Anny M., 1931 r., 1931$45,121 (PLN 170,000)
- $35,560
- $28,000
- $26,542 (PLN 100,000)
- Wiejski ogród, 1897 r., 1897$26,011 (PLN 98,000)
- $24,419 (PLN 92,000)
- $24,419 (PLN 92,000)
- Kompozycja, 2018, 2018$23,888 (PLN 90,000)
- $22,696 (A$35,000)
- $22,684 (€20,160)
- $22,684 (€20,160)
- $20,557 (€18,270)
- $19,454 (A$30,000)
- Exceptional vase with cinquefoils, 1904-10$19,050
- $18,049 (PLN 68,000)
- She's Counting the Days, 2003$16,860 (A$26,000)
- $16,640
- Rare and Large vase with cinquefoils, 1898-1910$16,510
- Covered vessel, c. 1900$16,510
- Black Diamond (Silver), 2013$16,212 (A$25,000)
- $15,925 (PLN 60,000)
- $15,721 (€13,860)
- Whitewash, 2014$15,563 (A$24,000)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Sidney Mount | In the Backyard with the Dog | $28,000 | $5,000 (5 earlier) |
| Włodzimierz Szpinger | Amorfizm I | $24,419 | $22,136 (10 earlier) |
| Annie Lingley for Grueby Faience Company | Exceptional vase with cinquefoils | $19,050 | $9,375 (4 earlier) |
| Ra William Etty | Academy Study of Two Male Nudes | $16,640 | $7,204 (8 earlier) |
| Nikos Kessanlis | SCHERZO 4 | $12,863 | $7,869 (5 earlier) |
| Émile Diffloth for University City | Fine and Tall vase with maple seed pods | $12,700 | $8,125 (4 earlier) |
| James Drinkwater | Hugo Drawing with Fire into the Night Sky | $9,727 | $9,352 (6 earlier) |
| Lindy Lee | Radiance of the Veil | $8,430 | $8,026 (5 earlier) |
| John Michael Wright | Portrait of Henry, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour | $7,680 | $6,950 (4 earlier) |
| George Frederic Watts | Portrait of Lady Wolverton, Née Georgiana Tufnell, Half Length, in a Red Dress | $7,040 | $6,956 (7 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
George E. Ohr (18 sold · $36.8k)Grueby Faience Company (10 sold · $26k)Van Briggle Pottery (10 sold · $46k)Martin Brothers Pottery (8 sold · $12.7k)Mario Schifano (7 sold · $31.4k)Rörstrand (7 sold · $3.9k)Piero Fornasetti (6 sold · $3.6k)Michele Cascella (6 sold · $14.1k)Arman (6 sold · $17.7k)Wifredo Lam (5 sold · $5.2k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held May 5 – 11, 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.