Week 44, 2025
Notable sales: Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2025
In the week of Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2025, ArtSell recorded 2,155 auction lots, of which 1,831 sold. The 1,815 sales with a published price total $7,837,602, with a median of $1,158. The top result was Irma Stern, “Malay (Black Headdress)”, at $1,259,761 (Strauss & Co, Oct 28, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Malay (Black Headdress), 1946$1,259,761 (ZAR 21,731,250)
- $807,230 (€698,900)
- $264,580 (£201,600)
- $115,754 (£88,200)
- $106,895 (£81,450)
- $105,254 (£80,200)
- $103,614 (£78,950)
- WHITE ONYX TORSO, 2007, 2007$90,949 (£69,300)
- $60,273 (ZAR 1,039,725)
- $56,223 (£42,840)
- $49,477 (£37,700)
- $46,301 (£35,280)
- $46,301 (£35,280)
- $46,301 (£35,280)
- $42,994 (£32,760)
- $42,994 (£32,760)
- Le Piano, c. 1975$36,960
- $34,020
- $33,030 (£25,000)
- $32,146 (ZAR 554,520)
- $30,480
- $29,765 (£22,680)
- $28,127 (ZAR 485,205)
- $26,458 (£20,160)
- $26,458 (£20,160)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Morris | THE BLUE POPPY, 1932 | $264,580 | $222,437 (11 earlier) |
| Robert Colquhoun | HEBRIDEAN WOMAN, 1944 | $115,754 | $13,853 (13 earlier) |
| Craigie Aitchison | LANDSCAPE WITH TREES, c.1971 | $56,223 | $21,984 (21 earlier) |
| Duncan Grant | PARIS BRIDGE, 1935 | $46,301 | $43,000 (41 earlier) |
| Robert MacBryde | EMOTIONAL CORNISH WOMAN | $42,994 | $4,674 (4 earlier) |
| Tahia Halim | Figures On A Boat | $33,030 | $32,742 (3 earlier) |
| Grayson Perry C.B.E. | 'AWFUL AND SIMPLE LIKE MURDER' VASE, 1987 | $21,497 | $5,045 (5 earlier) |
| Paul Nash | THE AVENUE, SAVERNAKE FOREST | $21,497 | $8,500 (26 earlier) |
| Paul Mount | PERPETUEM MOBILE | $20,670 | $10,615 (7 earlier) |
| Benny Andrews | Mirror, Mirror | $20,320 | $17,500 (22 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
René Lalique (136 sold · $630k)George Sherwood Hunter (67 sold · $19.3k)Jacqueline Groag (16 sold · $11.6k)Finn Juhl (9 sold · $63.3k)John Piper (9 sold · $51.3k)Geoffrey Baxter (9 sold · $4.8k)Pablo Picasso (9 sold · $89.1k)Laurence Broderick (8 sold · $21.2k)Salvador Dalí (8 sold · $4.9k)Keith Vaughan (7 sold · $44.8k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Oct 27 – Nov 2, 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.