Week 9, 2026
Notable sales: Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2026
In the week of Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2026, ArtSell recorded 3,500 auction lots, of which 2,730 sold. The 2,706 sales with a published price total $18,696,029, with a median of $1,339. The top result was Sam Gilliam, “Dew”, at $412,800 (Phillips, Feb 28, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Dew, 1974-1975$412,800
- Molly, 1956$412,800
- Ladder over and under, 1972$387,000
- $335,400
- Terence Nance, 2011-2012$296,700
- Reina Mariana, 1992$283,800
- $232,200
- Panther coffee table, 1989$184,150
- Fall Fire, 1984$174,150
- $167,700
- $167,700
- Fusco, 2012$154,800
- La Dormeuse, 1878$135,450
- Ada, 1986$129,000
- $129,000
- Untitled, 1959$116,100
- My Country, 1995$109,650
- Study for Fox, 1973$109,650
- Untitled, 1975$103,200
- Painting #6, 1973$103,200
- $101,600
- Mildew, 1967-1968$96,750
- Sandías, 1989$96,750
- $96,750
- Four Figures, 1980$90,300
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Gilliam | Dew | $412,800 | $371,700 (194 earlier) |
| Alice Baber | Ladder over and under | $387,000 | $170,800 (19 earlier) |
| Donald Baechler | Flowers (Round Vase) | $83,850 | $62,500 (195 earlier) |
| Philip de László | nee Caroline Lowe Patterson (D.L.A.T.no. 111977) | $80,000 | $25,313 (6 earlier) |
| Hugo McCloud | Untitled | $77,400 | $76,200 (20 earlier) |
| Alessandro Twombly | Poseidon’s Revenge | $77,400 | $48,260 (5 earlier) |
| Callum Innes | Exposed Painting Dioxazine Violet | $70,950 | $66,294 (62 earlier) |
| Karl Priebe | Lady at Table (with Painting by Gertrude Abercrombie) | $69,850 | $9,525 (21 earlier) |
| Maarten van Severen | LL04 chaise lounge | $57,150 | $26,250 (10 earlier) |
| Tony Matelli | Stray Dog | $52,890 | $30,240 (10 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
George Sherwood Hunter (104 sold · $30.4k)Greer Twiss (42 sold · $74.4k)Barry Brickell (35 sold · $26.2k)Salvador Dalí (19 sold · $82.9k)Joan Miró (19 sold · $199k)Len Castle (17 sold · $4.9k)Andy Warhol (16 sold · $571k)Pablo Picasso (15 sold · $79.9k)Takashi Murakami (13 sold · $115k)George Nakashima (12 sold · $300k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Feb 23 – Mar 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.