Week 43, 2025
Notable sales: Oct 20 – 26, 2025
In the week of Oct 20 – 26, 2025, ArtSell recorded 3,652 auction lots, of which 2,876 sold. The 2,874 sales with a published price total $20,884,279, with a median of $1,905. The top result was Andy Warhol, “Moonwalk (see F. & S. IIB.404-405)”, at $516,000 (Phillips, Oct 21, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- $516,000
- $412,800
- $355,600
- Dog, 1986$335,400
- $316,325 (€273,000)
- Marilyn (F. & S. 31), 1967$283,800
- $279,900
- Either Or, 1960$241,300
- Rare chandelier, model 9041, c. 1948$241,300
- $210,000
- $180,600
- $180,600
- Portrait of a Young Girl in a Blue Dress, circa 1730$180,000
- Rare and Important table, c. 1928$177,800
- $167,700
- $146,050
- Obstruction, 1920/1964$141,900
- Cei ce se plimbă, 1957$139,284 (€120,000)
- Metamorfoză, 1961$139,284 (€120,000)
- Cottages on Achill Sound, c.1930-1935$139,284 (€120,000)
- Freefall (H. 233), 1992-93$129,000
- $129,000
- Untitled (S. 193-199), 1990$122,550
- $118,910 (NZ$207,145)
- $96,750
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Nakashima | Exceptional Conoid dining table | $355,600 | $250,313 (1323 earlier) |
| Frederick Hammersley | Either Or | $241,300 | $200,000 (71 earlier) |
| James Sharples | Portrait of George Washington | $210,000 | $20,075 (7 earlier) |
| Ion Țuculescu | Cei ce se plimbă | $139,284 | $107,247 (60 earlier) |
| Martin van Meytens | Archduchess Marie Christine Presents her Father with a Portrait she Painted of Him in the Presence of the Imperial Family | $67,784 | $11,590 (8 earlier) |
| Rick Owens | Stag T, pair | $63,500 | $44,100 (20 earlier) |
| Rafael Coronel | Tiempo | $57,600 | $30,720 (89 earlier) |
| Liz Maw | Francis Upritchard | $53,509 | $33,326 (16 earlier) |
| Andrew McLeod | Landscape with Watermelon | $50,362 | $37,591 (56 earlier) |
| Gerald Brockhurst | Portrait of Jane Olmstead Houghton (1909-1982), painted circa 1940 | $38,000 | $13,736 (65 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Andy Warhol (37 sold · $2.6M)Carlos Ruano Llopis (29 sold · $24.8k)Pierre Jeanneret (21 sold · $231k)Kaws (14 sold · $38.3k)George Nakashima (12 sold · $593k)Fernando Amorsolo (12 sold · $44.3k)Paavo Tynell (12 sold · $554k)Isamu Noguchi (11 sold · $172k)Vija Celmins (11 sold · $244k)Graham Knuttel (10 sold · $19.3k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Oct 20 – 26, 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.