Week 48, 2025
Notable sales: Nov 24 – 30, 2025
In the week of Nov 24 – 30, 2025, ArtSell recorded 4,309 auction lots, of which 2,381 sold. The 2,316 sales with a published price total $54,055,697, with a median of $3,465. The top result was Georg Kolbe, “Stehende Frau”, at $1,641,041 (Grisebach, Nov 27, 2025). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Stehende Frau, 1915$1,641,041 (€1,416,400)
- The Reader, 1930$1,550,016 (CZK 32,400,000)
- $1,471,422 (€1,270,000)
- Harlot / Two Children, 1917$1,463,904 (CZK 30,600,000)
- Weißer Wind, 1986$1,177,138 (€1,016,000)
- $853,425 (€736,600)
- Zinnien und Sonnenblumen, 1940$809,282 (€698,500)
- Madonna / New Building, 1913–1916$746,304 (CZK 15,600,000)
- Midday at Wategos Beach, Byron Bay 1989-1990, 1989-1990$634,392 (A$981,818)
- Children with Kite, 1933$631,488 (CZK 13,200,000)
- Samovar, 1913$608,525 (CZK 12,720,000)
- Am Strand von Noordwijk, 1908$588,569 (€508,000)
- Hausvogteiplatz, 1926$573,855 (€495,300)
- Helena Rubinstein (1963), 1963$570,953 (A$883,636)
- Der Wartende, 1924$559,140 (€482,600)
- Ein Werktätiger, 1967$544,426 (€469,900)
- Første Sommer, 1987$544,426 (€469,900)
- $544,426 (€469,900)
- Fuji, 1996$514,998 (€444,500)
- Diana, 1908$505,190 (CZK 10,560,000)
- Marie-Chantal Miller, 1985$470,855 (€406,400)
- $441,427 (€381,000)
- Sicilian Mountain (1928), 1928$436,145 (A$675,000)
- The Goods Train (1950), 1950$436,145 (A$675,000)
- $436,145 (A$675,000)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georg Kolbe | Stehende Frau | $1,641,041 | $731,618 (144 earlier) |
| Emil Filla | The Reader | $1,550,016 | $1,425,600 (138 earlier) |
| Paula Modersohn-Becker | Selbstbildnis nach halblinks | $1,471,422 | $713,580 (120 earlier) |
| Josef Čapek | Harlot / Two Children | $1,463,904 | $781,380 (57 earlier) |
| Jan Preisler | Diana | $505,190 | $173,915 (18 earlier) |
| Dorrit Black | Sicilian Mountain (1928) | $436,145 | $68,211 (18 earlier) |
| Roderic O'Conor | Paysage Aux Arbres (Landscape With Trees) | $392,734 | $313,560 (97 earlier) |
| Bertram Mackennal | Circe (circa 1902-1904) | $277,546 | $83,484 (18 earlier) |
| Criss Canning | Gum Blossom from Pootilla 2025 | $261,687 | $127,279 (40 earlier) |
| Stanislav Filko | Altar of the Present | $241,114 | $50,085 (63 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Rudolf Schlichter (21 sold · $927k)Salvador Dalí (19 sold · $67.2k)Hans J. Wegner (18 sold · $117k)Pablo Picasso (18 sold · $189k)Emil Nolde (16 sold · $1.7M)Willem H. Crouwel (14 sold · $7.1k)Alvar Aalto (12 sold · $27.7k)Ernst Wilhelm Nay (12 sold · $746k)Seamus Heaney (11 sold · $8.1k)Markey Robinson (11 sold · $34.5k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Nov 24 – 30, 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.