Week 8, 2026
Notable sales: Feb 16 – 22, 2026
In the week of Feb 16 – 22, 2026, ArtSell recorded 1,575 auction lots, of which 1,196 sold. The 1,196 sales with a published price total $7,574,025, with a median of $1,890. The top result was Nicolae Grigorescu, “Car cu boi, pe cale de dimineață”, at $201,042 (Artmark, Feb 17, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- $201,042 (€170,000)
- $201,042 (€170,000)
- La relation, 1952$177,390 (€150,000)
- $153,600
- $140,800
- Untitled, circa 1960$114,800
- Oración doméstica, 2017$114,800
- Portretul Ecaterinei, 1918$89,878 (€76,000)
- Nud la mare, cca. 1950$85,209 (€72,500)
- Zydeco II, 1995$83,050
- First Marriage, 1986$70,350
- Amazone, circa 1915$70,350
- $61,440
- $58,935 (£43,520)
- Meteorite Space, 2024$58,880
- Basic Research, 1989$57,600
- L'Equinoxe, 1967$54,400
- Gamelan Figures, 2017$51,200
- $48,000
- $48,000
- Untitled (Caballo), 1982$46,080
- Untitled, 1953$46,080
- Untitled, 1953$46,080
- Untitled (Pathology of Suspension #10), circa 2005$43,520
- Indigo, 1970$40,960
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Samaras | Untitled | $114,800 | $48,640 (34 earlier) |
| Chana Orloff | Amazone | $70,350 | $56,700 (8 earlier) |
| Miguel Canals | Still life of pears, birds and foliage | $58,935 | $17,530 (11 earlier) |
| Cundo Bermúdez | Untitled | $46,080 | $44,450 (13 earlier) |
| Shahzia Sikander | Untitled (Pathology of Suspension #10) | $43,520 | $22,860 (11 earlier) |
| Donald Roller Wilson | Cookie's Head Almost Got Too Hott...(Somewhere Along the Path Leading Either To Or From Mrs. Jenkins' House...) | $38,400 | $35,840 (55 earlier) |
| Mariano Rodríguez | El pecado original | $38,400 | $10,240 (3 earlier) |
| Berni Searle | On Either Side | $33,012 | $21,438 (6 earlier) |
| José Bedia Valdés | Tierra de agua y fuego | $28,160 | $24,400 (21 earlier) |
| Kenneth Snelson | E.C. Column | $23,040 | $8,125 (11 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Thomas Hart Benton (48 sold · $194k)Edgar Yaeger (31 sold · $10k)Joan Miró (20 sold · $254k)Toshiko Takaezu (17 sold · $118k)Andy Warhol (15 sold · $349k)Marc Chagall (10 sold · $126k)Jason Napier (9 sold · $6.4k)René Lalique (7 sold · $13.8k)Pablo Picasso (7 sold · $90.5k)Corneliu Baba (6 sold · $36.8k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Feb 16 – 22, 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.