Week 47, 2025
Notable sales: Nov 17 – 23, 2025
In the week of Nov 17 – 23, 2025, ArtSell recorded 4,527 auction lots, of which 3,784 sold. The 3,674 sales with a published price total $130,178,397, with a median of $1,935. The top result was Francis Bacon, “Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne and George Dyer”, at $16,015,000 (Phillips, Nov 19, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- $16,015,000
- Untitled, 1957–1958$14,290,000
- Revelever, 2012$4,645,000
- Exercise, 1984$3,852,000
- Untitled, 1947$3,486,000
- River Sides, 1997-1998$2,359,500
- $1,900,000
- $1,778,700
- Dans les rues d'Athènes, 1960$1,534,000
- $1,391,500
- Balloon Venus Dolni Vestonice (Magenta), 2013-2017$1,350,000
- Untitled, 1982$1,225,500
- $1,225,500
- $1,006,200
- Dogpool Ladder, 2007–2011$967,500
- $903,000
- $903,000
- Wall of Light Pale Green, 2014$838,500
- $838,500
- "Untitled" (Last Light), 1993$826,000
- A Backwater at Wargrave, 1887$806,250
- Alquimia 62, 1987$748,200
- Lila, 1928$737,100
- Sarah, 2005$709,500
- Statue of Liberty, 1986$699,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Mitchell | Untitled | $14,290,000 | $11,870,000 (85 earlier) |
| Yves Tanguy | Je tourne la tête vers moi (I Turn My Head Toward Myself) | $1,778,700 | $416,661 (19 earlier) |
| Max Ernst | Dans les rues d'Athènes | $1,534,000 | $862,938 (655 earlier) |
| Félix González-Torres | "Untitled" (Last Light) | $826,000 | $674,402 (34 earlier) |
| Firelei Báez | Daughter of Revolutions | $645,000 | $381,000 (10 earlier) |
| Alice Neel | Fanya | $635,500 | $102,400 (65 earlier) |
| Susan Rothenberg | Mares and Foals | $597,400 | $201,600 (39 earlier) |
| Walton Ford | Chingado | $597,400 | $126,375 (26 earlier) |
| Mark Ryden | Pinkie (#154) | $593,400 | $52,500 (44 earlier) |
| David Smith | Forging V | $580,500 | $471,000 (60 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Meissen (67 sold · $159k)Établissements Gallé (33 sold · $101k)Meissen Royal Porcelain Manufactory (33 sold · $91.4k)Art Déco (23 sold · $65.3k)Alexander Joseph von Steuben (20 sold · $30k)William Kentridge (19 sold · $574k)Ruan Hoffmann (17 sold · $10.5k)David Ellsworth (14 sold · $33.5k)Toshiko Takaezu (14 sold · $21.9k)Daum Nancy (14 sold · $28.1k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Nov 17 – 23, 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.