Week 38, 2025
Notable sales: Sep 15 – 21, 2025
In the week of Sep 15 – 21, 2025, ArtSell recorded 2,461 auction lots, of which 2,011 sold. The 2,011 sales with a published price total $16,347,248, with a median of $1,932. The top result was Igor Mitoraj, “Tindaro, 1997 (Tyndareos)”, at $1,583,061 (Polswiss Art, Sep 16, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- $1,583,061 (PLN 5,700,000)
- Untitled (Fusion), c. 1975$368,300
- Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482) (see F. & S. 316-319), 1984$316,140 (£232,200)
- Malay Girl, 1951$276,744 (ZAR 4,803,750)
- $222,184 (PLN 800,000)
- $210,760 (£154,800)
- Ptak II, 2008$166,638 (PLN 600,000)
- Figura, 2008$152,752 (PLN 550,000)
- $149,288 (£109,650)
- Beethoven (F. & S. 390), 1987$140,507 (£103,200)
- Cage (P19), 2006/2020$122,943 (£90,300)
- $122,943 (£90,300)
- $105,426 (ZAR 1,830,000)
- $105,380 (£77,400)
- $96,598 (£70,950)
- Self-Portrait with Muse, 1948$92,248 (ZAR 1,601,250)
- End of Days, 2003$87,817 (£64,500)
- $84,304 (£61,920)
- $79,035 (£58,050)
- $79,035 (£58,050)
- $79,035 (£58,050)
- $76,700
- Grass-seated chairs, set of eight, 1953, 1961$76,200
- $73,766 (£54,180)
- Standing Security Guard, 2003$69,850
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Mitoraj | Tindaro, 1997 (Tyndareos) | $1,583,061 | $1,122,171 (335 earlier) |
| Claire Falkenstein | Untitled (Fusion) | $368,300 | $203,200 (130 earlier) |
| Stefan Krygier | Ośrodek Kondensacji Formy II | $222,184 | $53,792 (28 earlier) |
| Lee Lozano | Untitled | $69,850 | $48,260 (12 earlier) |
| Marc Sijan | Standing Security Guard | $69,850 | $53,340 (8 earlier) |
| Cj Hendry | Pink Dahlia | $60,960 | $59,270 (15 earlier) |
| Jason Fox | Untitled | $33,020 | $10,160 (3 earlier) |
| William T. Wiley | Crew Dark and the Captain's Crackers | $32,000 | $11,790 (74 earlier) |
| Stephen Rolfe Powell | Screamer (from the Whacko series) | $30,480 | $23,940 (31 earlier) |
| Iwc | An iconic titanium military diver’s wristwatch with centre seconds, date, bracelet, guarantee and presentation box | $27,765 | $16,152 (5 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
George Nakashima (38 sold · $913k)David Hockney (36 sold · $1.2M)Pablo Picasso (36 sold · $525k)Christo & Jeanne-Claude (31 sold · $244k)Joan Miró (31 sold · $200k)Andrew Verster (30 sold · $87.2k)Franz Hagenauer (22 sold · $182k)Richard Marquis (21 sold · $107k)Dale Chihuly (17 sold · $277k)Andy Warhol (17 sold · $1.1M)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Sep 15 – 21, 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.