Week 32, 2025
Notable sales: Aug 4 – 10, 2025
In the week of Aug 4 – 10, 2025, ArtSell recorded 1,156 auction lots, of which 1,039 sold. The 1,039 sales with a published price total $4,967,429, with a median of $1,584. The top result was D. Howard Hitchcock, “Hanalei Valley, Kauaʻi”, at $229,100 (Bonhams, Aug 6, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Hanalei Valley, Kauaʻi, 1925$229,100
- $114,800
- Lake Below Snow-Capped Peaks and Cloudy Sky, circa 1990-91$114,800
- Lake Below Snow-Covered Mountains and Clear Sky, circa 1990-91$95,750
- Puakō Ponds, Hawaiʻi, 1968$89,400
- Exceptional 5 Gal. J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Crock w/ Reclining Deer and House Decoration, circa 1855$72,000
- Provincetown, Canaletto, 1990$70,350
- $66,000
- $64,000
- Summer vase, 1969-1974$63,500
- Hilo Plumeria, circa 1930$53,760
- Half Dollar chair, 2003$44,450
- $38,100
- View from Pali, 1921$35,840
- Rocky Coastline, circa 1910$35,840
- Gathering Flowers, circa 1929$35,840
- Santa Paula Canyon, 1921$35,840
- Prong concrete, 2016$35,560
- $33,280
- Chocolat totem, 1994 / 2004$33,020
- $30,720
- Pink and Freckled Lilies, 1922$30,720
- Black Tulips, 1980$30,480
- Fire screen, c. 1928$30,480
- One is Silver, 2017$29,040
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. Howard Hitchcock | Hanalei Valley, Kauaʻi | $229,100 | $115,313 (53 earlier) |
| Madge Tennent | Lily, Hawaiian Dancer | $114,800 | $30,720 (6 earlier) |
| Paul Resika | Provincetown, Canaletto | $70,350 | $14,080 (7 earlier) |
| James Hamilton | Extremely Rare and Important "James Hamilton / Cheap Stoneware / Greensboro / Green Co / Pa" Jar | $28,800 | $21,150 (20 earlier) |
| Frank Montague Moore | Fading Glow (Carmel Valley) | $28,160 | $7,750 (13 earlier) |
| Boughner | Exceptional 10 Gal. BOUGHNER / GREENSBORO, PA Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Freehand Decoration | $24,000 | $3,835 (3 earlier) |
| Helen Thomas Dranga | Giant Banana Tree, Hawaiʻi | $20,480 | $12,750 (4 earlier) |
| Hans Agne Jakobsson | Chandelier, model T 493/8 | $12,065 | $11,585 (18 earlier) |
| B.B. Craig | Exceptional Early-Period B. B. CRAIG / VALE, NC Monumental Face Jug w/ Cobalt and Weeping Eyes | $11,400 | $7,080 (23 earlier) |
| Gilbert Valentin | Monumental vase | $10,795 | $6,096 (4 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
John Bell (13 sold · $6.3k)Cowden & Wilcox (12 sold · $27k)D. Howard Hitchcock (9 sold · $382k)F. B. Norton & Co (9 sold · $6.9k)James Lawrence Isherwood (8 sold · $3.2k)J. & E. Norton (8 sold · $88.2k)Frank Gehry (7 sold · $15.8k)Pierre Jeanneret (7 sold · $75.4k)Robert Motherwell (7 sold · $12.8k)Ettore Sottsass (6 sold · $49.7k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Aug 4 – 10, 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.