Week 26, 2025
Notable sales: Jun 23 – 29, 2025
In the week of Jun 23 – 29, 2025, ArtSell recorded 3,392 auction lots, of which 2,625 sold. The 2,617 sales with a published price total $27,954,580, with a median of $1,270. The top result was Jean-Michel Basquiat, “MP”, at $6,697,538 (Phillips, Jun 26, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- MP, 1984$6,697,538 (£4,888,000)
- Spencer (Two Palms), 2002$870,077 (£635,000)
- Brown No Halloween, 2005$696,062 (£508,000)
- Etruscan Romance, 1984$635,156 (£463,550)
- $500,546 (€428,000)
- Pearl For A Mackerel, 2010$487,243 (£355,600)
- Ohne Titel, 1987$435,039 (£317,500)
- $382,834 (£279,400)
- $348,031 (£254,000)
- Purple Jacket, 2019$261,023 (£190,500)
- $261,023 (£190,500)
- $261,023 (£190,500)
- MoM Block Nr. 92, 1999$243,622 (£177,800)
- $243,622 (£177,800)
- $235,771 (€201,600)
- $215,900
- $208,818 (£152,400)
- $191,417 (£139,700)
- Figure, 1981$191,417 (£139,700)
- $176,828 (€151,200)
- $176,595 (€151,000)
- $174,015 (£127,000)
- Art Ensemble, 2010$174,015 (£127,000)
- $165,315 (£120,650)
- $160,094 (£116,840)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha Jungwirth | Ohne Titel | $435,039 | $392,155 (143 earlier) |
| Christo | Over the River (Project for Arkansas River, State of Colorado) | $382,834 | $382,691 (488 earlier) |
| Alfie Caine | Peace and Quiet Before the Party | $160,094 | $154,866 (6 earlier) |
| Robert Irwin | #3 x 6' Four Fold | $104,409 | $28,125 (3 earlier) |
| Tano Festa | STUDIO PER PIANOFORTE | $103,150 | $19,012 (80 earlier) |
| Antonio Sanfilippo | SENZA TITOLO | $88,414 | $78,298 (4 earlier) |
| LeRoy Neiman | Belly Dancers, Morocco | $82,550 | $76,700 (165 earlier) |
| Giulio Paolini | LIBER VERITATIS | $73,679 | $60,430 (18 earlier) |
| Christian Bérard | Portrait of a Young Man | $66,000 | $40,960 (61 earlier) |
| Marina Adams | Garden of M. | $57,150 | $48,260 (3 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Christo (32 sold · $3.1M)René Lalique (27 sold · $236k)Bruce Conner (21 sold · $24.7k)Joan Miró (16 sold · $236k)William McCance (13 sold · $15.2k)Damien Hirst (13 sold · $162k)Beverly Politi (13 sold · $10.2k)Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (12 sold · $33.8k)David Shrigley (12 sold · $51.9k)Charlotte Perriand (12 sold · $25.4k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Jun 23 – 29, 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.