Week 19, 2026
Notable sales: May 4 – 10, 2026
In the week of May 4 – 10, 2026, ArtSell recorded 978 auction lots, of which 905 sold. The 905 sales with a published price total $8,099,962, with a median of $1,280. The top result was Fred Williams, “Pond in Landscape 1965”, at $757,027 (Menzies, May 7, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Pond in Landscape 1965, 1965$757,027 (A$1,043,182)
- $512,106 (A$705,682)
- Zaproszenie, 1897 r., 1897$458,568 (PLN 1,650,000)
- Cloud Fish 1994, 1994$267,186 (A$368,182)
- $240,468 (A$331,364)
- Shampoo 1992, 1992$222,655 (A$306,818)
- Fascismo 1963, 1963$213,748 (A$294,545)
- The Anooralya Yam 1995, 1995$195,936 (A$270,000)
- So True, My Love... So True 2018-19, 2018-19$133,593 (A$184,091)
- $133,593 (A$184,091)
- $124,687 (A$171,818)
- $106,875 (A$147,273)
- $89,062 (A$122,727)
- $75,000
- Shoalhaven c1975, c1975$71,250 (A$98,182)
- After Botticelli 1992-93, 1992-93$71,250 (A$98,182)
- $66,796 (A$92,045)
- $62,343 (A$85,909)
- Wren 1979, 1979$62,343 (A$85,909)
- $62,343 (A$85,909)
- $57,890 (A$79,773)
- $53,437 (A$73,636)
- Gucci Shoes 2014, 2014$53,437 (A$73,636)
- Old Yellow Tug Boat 1995, 1995$53,437 (A$73,636)
- Gate 1973, 1973$53,437 (A$73,636)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Storrier | Landscape (Over the Night Road) 2008 | $240,468 | $221,766 (205 earlier) |
| James Drinkwater | Bathers in Paris, Mother and Child 2015 | $62,343 | $31,850 (9 earlier) |
| Miljenko Stančić | Musicians | $37,980 | $23,040 (23 earlier) |
| Daniel Boyd | A Tongan Belle 2017 | $28,500 | $17,353 (5 earlier) |
| Bertina Lopes | SENZA TITOLO | $25,031 | $11,203 (17 earlier) |
| Italo Ferro | SENZA TITOLO | $22,087 | $9,829 (4 earlier) |
| Josip Generalić | Goran among doctors | $18,698 | $3,256 (12 earlier) |
| Ugo Celada da Virgilio | AUTORITRATTO | $14,135 | $11,689 (9 earlier) |
| Kwong Chi Tseng | Notre Dame, Paris, France | $14,080 | $13,750 (14 earlier) |
| Đuro Pulitika | Stradun | $12,855 | $7,500 (8 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Sidney Nolan (84 sold · $52.4k)George Sherwood Hunter (18 sold · $1.7k)Edward Navone (17 sold · $11.8k)Thomas Swift Hutton (12 sold · $1.3k)John Larry Thomas (10 sold · $4.9k)Marleen Stein Gold (10 sold · $2k)Brett Whiteley (9 sold · $417k)Josip Generalić (7 sold · $29.2k)Clarice Beckett (6 sold · $232k)Miljenko Horvat (6 sold · $8.9k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held May 4 – 10, 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.