Week 22, 2025
Notable sales: May 26 – Jun 1, 2025
In the week of May 26 – Jun 1, 2025, ArtSell recorded 3,384 auction lots, of which 2,001 sold. The 1,874 sales with a published price total $28,483,347, with a median of $2,049. The top result was George Condo, “Blues In F”, at $1,755,501 (Phillips, May 27, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- $1,755,501 (HK$13,760,000)
- $1,736,560 (ZAR 31,110,000)
- Komposition auf Rosa (Rekonstruktion), 1916/1930$1,544,372 (€1,362,000)
- Linien Nr. 22, 1982$685,783 (€604,800)
- Springs and Autumns, 1994$615,701 (HK$4,826,000)
- L'Oiseau bleu, 1952$514,337 (€453,600)
- Untitled Escape Collage, 2017$486,080 (HK$3,810,000)
- $437,472 (HK$3,429,000)
- 07.04.59, 1959$421,269 (HK$3,302,000)
- Mon ami Pierrot, 1974$371,466 (€327,600)
- Avalokitesvara, 1999$307,851 (HK$2,413,000)
- Untitled, 2022$275,445 (HK$2,159,000)
- Untitled, 2008$259,243 (HK$2,032,000)
- The Dream You Dream, 2022$259,243 (HK$2,032,000)
- Sunset on the Coast, 1866$240,000
- ACHILL HORSES, 1933$239,001 (€210,000)
- $226,837 (HK$1,778,000)
- $226,837 (HK$1,778,000)
- Untitled, 1986$214,307 (€189,000)
- Hinterglasvogel II, 1997$210,635 (HK$1,651,000)
- The Black Pipe, 2013$194,432 (HK$1,524,000)
- $192,876 (€170,100)
- F. XIX, 1996$185,733 (€163,800)
- Pacific Sunset, 1907$180,000
- Mädchen am Fenster, 1929$157,159 (€138,600)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Tretchikoff | Lady from the Orient | $1,736,560 | $324,310 (48 earlier) |
| Oskar Schlemmer | Komposition auf Rosa (Rekonstruktion) | $1,544,372 | $843,532 (98 earlier) |
| Mainie Jellett | ACHILL HORSES | $239,001 | $121,088 (165 earlier) |
| Wei Jia | Say Goodbye VI | $145,824 | $105,400 (6 earlier) |
| Zhang Zipiao | Paradise Lost 03 | $97,216 | $72,230 (3 earlier) |
| Léon Spilliaert | Les Cavaliers dans la neige | $65,721 | $14,773 (3 earlier) |
| Dimitri Hadzi | Primavera | $40,640 | $23,750 (27 earlier) |
| Waldemar Rösler | Strand | $35,718 | $21,065 (7 earlier) |
| Camilla Engström | Earth Friends | $29,165 | $24,898 (6 earlier) |
| Frédéric Soulacroix | Untitled | $25,604 | $12,750 (3 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Vincent Smith (167 sold · $67.9k)August Gaul (19 sold · $186k)Harry Bertoia (18 sold · $41k)Andy Warhol (14 sold · $348k)Oskar Schlemmer (13 sold · $2M)Pablo Picasso (11 sold · $183k)Walter Battiss (10 sold · $65.6k)Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (8 sold · $435k)William Kentridge (8 sold · $378k)William Percy French (8 sold · $30.5k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held May 26 – Jun 1, 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.