Week 4, 2026
Notable sales: Jan 19 – 25, 2026
In the week of Jan 19 – 25, 2026, ArtSell recorded 1,950 auction lots, of which 1,602 sold. The 1,525 sales with a published price total $7,995,343, with a median of $1,332. The top result was Andy Warhol, “Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, from Reigning Queens (F. & S. 336)”, at $311,636 (Phillips, Jan 22, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- $311,636 (£232,200)
- $277,009 (£206,400)
- $233,727 (£174,150)
- $207,757 (£154,800)
- $164,474 (£122,550)
- $139,670 (PLN 500,000)
- Tetrahydrocannabinol, 2004$121,192 (£90,300)
- $117,729 (£87,720)
- Kiku (F. & S. 307-309), 1983$112,535 (£83,850)
- The Virtues (H9), 2021$112,535 (£83,850)
- Girl with Balloon, 2004$112,535 (£83,850)
- $82,000
- Two Robes, 2010$77,909 (£58,050)
- Tall bottle form, 1974$69,850
- $65,790 (£49,020)
- Spring, 1904$65,000
- Seated Lincoln, 1915$61,000
- $60,596 (£45,150)
- $57,500
- $55,868 (PLN 200,000)
- Untitled (L. p. 50), 1985$55,402 (£41,280)
- $51,939 (£38,700)
- $51,939 (£38,700)
- Zermatt (D1), 2022$51,939 (£38,700)
- "Gull Rock" Monhegan, 1913$49,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Ridgway Knight | On the Terrace at Rolleboise | $82,000 | $36,000 (7 earlier) |
| Willard Metcalf | Spring | $65,000 | $10,000 (5 earlier) |
| Leon Kroll | "Gull Rock" Monhegan | $49,000 | $23,500 (29 earlier) |
| Harriet Whitney Frishmuth | Joy of the Waters | $29,000 | $28,200 (56 earlier) |
| Gerrit Beneker | Fair Weather, Provincetown | $16,000 | $10,665 (5 earlier) |
| Tibetan | Mudra sculpture with interior prayer scrolls | $13,970 | $1,806 (7 earlier) |
| Brazilian | Safari chairs, pair | $11,430 | $3,406 (9 earlier) |
| Julio de Diego | Nudes | $9,500 | $8,850 (21 earlier) |
| Muhammad Ali | Sting Like A Bee; Under The Sun; Mosque II; Guiding Light (4 works) | $8,320 | $3,250 (13 earlier) |
| Bavarian | Monumental door handles, pair | $7,620 | $6,875 (3 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Gertrud and Otto Natzler (51 sold · $536k)Pablo Picasso (24 sold · $875k)Damien Hirst (19 sold · $389k)Blackman Cruz Workshop (19 sold · $99.7k)Edgar Yaeger (16 sold · $19.6k)Robert Rauschenberg (15 sold · $26.7k)Gerhard Richter (15 sold · $274k)Andy Warhol (15 sold · $633k)Julian Opie (13 sold · $161k)Takashi Murakami (10 sold · $46.4k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Jan 19 – 25, 2026 (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.