Week 5, 2026
Notable sales: Jan 26 – Feb 1, 2026
In the week of Jan 26 – Feb 1, 2026, ArtSell recorded 1,740 auction lots, of which 1,461 sold. The 1,461 sales with a published price total $8,478,842, with a median of $618. The top result was Bob Ross, “Change of Seasons”, at $787,900 (Bonhams, Jan 27, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Change of Seasons, 1990$787,900
- $394,200
- $381,500
- Josephine, 2020$304,800
- Babbling Brook, 1993$279,900
- $241,800
- Oleander II, 1995$215,900
- Orchids III, 2017$215,900
- Valley View, 1990$203,700
- Untitled (Chrome Yellow), 1991$203,200
- Three Forms (Extra Eye), 1969$152,400
- Table Basse Inca 6 PAN11, 2013 / 2020$133,350
- Untitled, 1963$127,000
- $102,100
- Small Column XVIII, c. 1972$86,360
- The End #1-#4, 1998-2016$82,550
- $78,719 (MX$1,350,000)
- Blue Flag and Gold Sky, c. 1981$76,200
- Country Ride, 1982$76,200
- $76,200
- Untitled, 1949$69,850
- Orange Couple, 2006$63,500
- Untitled (SF90-533), 1990$63,500
- Rectangular Cube Space, 1994$63,500
- $61,440
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Ross | Change of Seasons | $787,900 | $318,000 (10 earlier) |
| John James Audubon | Trophy of American Game Birds | $394,200 | $70,350 (172 earlier) |
| Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová | Rectangular Cube Space | $63,500 | $63,000 (22 earlier) |
| Arthur Wesley Dow | Cliff at Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard | $48,640 | $21,960 (11 earlier) |
| Dustin Yellin | Psychogeography Study 31 | $35,560 | $7,620 (4 earlier) |
| Tyler Hays | Cabinet | $33,020 | $15,000 (21 earlier) |
| James Jarvaise | Untitled (from the Hudson River School Series) | $27,940 | $10,000 (16 earlier) |
| Gino Levi Montalcini | Lounge chair from Villa Levi-Montalcini, Asti | $25,400 | $18,750 (3 earlier) |
| Melvin Schuler | Untitled | $19,050 | $11,430 (4 earlier) |
| Martin Mull | A Young Magician's Routine | $16,510 | $6,985 (13 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Shepard Fairey (57 sold · $56.4k)Salvador Dalí (37 sold · $16.3k)Bernard Rooke (26 sold · $11.5k)Andy Warhol (16 sold · $29.9k)John Falconer Slater (13 sold · $14.5k)René Magritte (12 sold · $5.7k)Pablo Picasso (12 sold · $13.7k)John Piper (11 sold · $8.9k)Fernando Amorsolo (10 sold · $22.6k)Gabriel Bodenehr (10 sold · $3.3k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Jan 26 – Feb 1, 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.