Week 21, 2026
Notable sales: May 18 – 24, 2026
In the week of May 18 – 24, 2026, ArtSell recorded 3,516 auction lots, of which 2,884 sold. The 2,706 sales with a published price total $186,889,772, with a median of $2,413. The top result was Andy Warhol, “Sixteen Jackies”, at $16,225,000 (Phillips, May 19, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Sixteen Jackies, 1964$16,225,000
- $9,290,000
- Untitled, 1948$9,168,000
- Besen, 1984$8,070,000
- Plain, 1989$6,850,000
- 4 Colored Marilyns (Reversal Series), 1979-1986$5,630,000
- $4,900,500
- Self-Portrait, 1966$4,776,000
- Untitled, 1985-2001$4,227,000
- Untitled #1, 1985$4,044,000
- $3,495,000
- La Muse endormie II, 1917$3,085,500
- Femme debout (Poseuse I), 1954$3,068,000
- $2,946,000
- $2,824,000
- Double America 2, 2014$2,702,000
- $2,322,000
- Natura morta, 1947$2,322,000
- $2,322,000
- $2,322,000
- Les amoureux de Saint-Paul de Vence, 1958-1960$2,193,000
- $2,193,000
- Le miroir vivant, 1935$2,057,000
- Self-Portrait, 1973$1,999,500
- Umbra E, 2015$1,677,000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Monet | La Route de Vétheuil, effet de neige | $9,290,000 | $6,393,870 (20 earlier) |
| Lee Bontecou | Untitled | $4,227,000 | $187,500 (25 earlier) |
| Vilhelm Hammershøi | Interior with Windsor Chair at Strandgade 25 (Interiør med windsorstol. Strandgade 25) | $3,495,000 | $2,194,040 (3 earlier) |
| Constantin Brancusi | La Muse endormie II | $3,085,500 | $125,000 (34 earlier) |
| Glenn Ligon | Double America 2 | $2,702,000 | $2,056,300 (72 earlier) |
| Giorgio Morandi | Natura morta | $2,322,000 | $1,935,000 (73 earlier) |
| Olga De Amaral | Umbra E | $1,677,000 | $1,168,400 (21 earlier) |
| Peder Severin Krøyer | Self-Portrait, Sitting by His Easel at Skagen Beach (Selvportræt, siddende ved staffeliet på Skagens strand) | $1,290,000 | $43,009 (4 earlier) |
| Adolph Gottlieb | Black Sparks | $1,161,000 | $1,030,000 (136 earlier) |
| Barbara Kruger | Untitled (My face is your fortune) | $1,032,000 | $571,500 (92 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Meissen (63 sold · $171k)Meissen Royal Porcelain Manufactory (36 sold · $108k)John Cyril Harrison (29 sold · $46.6k)Alexander Joseph von Steuben (28 sold · $21.1k)Royal Copenhagen (25 sold · $79.5k)Pierre-Auguste Renoir (21 sold · $4.1M)Takashi Murakami (17 sold · $44.8k)Andy Warhol (17 sold · $27M)Roycroft (16 sold · $9.2k)Ed Ruscha (15 sold · $869k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held May 18 – 24, 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.