Week 31, 2025
Notable sales: Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2025
In the week of Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2025, ArtSell recorded 1,363 auction lots, of which 1,150 sold. The 1,150 sales with a published price total $5,101,391, with a median of $1,991. The top result was Donald Judd, “Untitled”, at $107,950 (Rago Auctions, Jul 30, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Untitled, 1991$107,950
- Apollo, circa 1980$61,440
- $48,640
- Allegoria Profetica II, 1991$48,640
- $46,080
- $46,080
- Untitled, 1962$43,000
- $38,400
- Truisms, 1983$35,840
- Le couple, 1951$35,840
- Modern Head Relief, 1970$35,560
- $35,560
- $33,280
- Pool Swim, 2014$33,020
- Untitled (LUST), 2008$32,000
- $30,720
- Double Soft Gray, 1982$30,720
- simmer, 2017$30,480
- Cryptic Cord, 1966-67$30,480
- Lion Before Storm V, 2006$30,480
- Dobozite², 1995$28,160
- Zidqiyyahu, 1996$28,160
- Torso (Natural Painting), 1964$28,160
- #3, 1967$27,940
- Duomo Di Milano, 2025$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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Natkin | Apollo | $61,440 | $47,500 (138 earlier) |
| Walter De Maria | Untitled | $43,000 | $36,241 (8 earlier) |
| Alma Allen | Untitled (Table) | $38,400 | $25,400 (24 earlier) |
| Campana Brothers | Ofidia Coffee Table | $33,280 | $7,650 (3 earlier) |
| Grace Weaver | simmer | $30,480 | $6,350 (4 earlier) |
| Yrjo Edelmann | Packed Picasso Blue Period V | $22,860 | $15,240 (8 earlier) |
| René Portocarrero | Ciudad | $19,200 | $19,063 (15 earlier) |
| Hans Hopfer | Mah Jong Sofa System | $17,920 | $13,125 (4 earlier) |
| Hugues Claude Pissarro | Le Port de L'Orient | $10,240 | $9,450 (10 earlier) |
| Sojourner Truth Parsons | Bullet Proof Soul | $10,160 | $4,032 (3 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (29 sold · $103k)René Lalique (12 sold · $26.1k)Bruce Weber (12 sold · $49.5k)Gaetano Pesce (9 sold · $14.3k)Sam Gilliam (7 sold · $47.3k)Graham Knuttel (7 sold · $18.7k)Joel Meyerowitz (7 sold · $8k)Harrison McIntosh (7 sold · $12.4k)Art Sinsabaugh (6 sold · $5.6k)William Eggleston (6 sold · $23.8k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Jul 28 – Aug 3, 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.