Week 23, 2026
Notable sales: Jun 1 – 7, 2026
In the week of Jun 1 – 7, 2026, ArtSell recorded 2,513 auction lots, of which 2,335 sold. The 2,335 sales with a published price total $52,802,593, with a median of $2,884. The top result was Georg Kolbe, “Tänzerinnen–Brunnen”, at $5,796,720 (Grisebach, Jun 4, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Tänzerinnen–Brunnen, 1922$5,796,720 (€4,980,000)
- The Recluse, 2017$1,810,502 (HK$14,190,000)
- Astern, 1919$1,201,248 (€1,032,000)
- Frauenbüste (Büste Frau L.), Circa 1910$946,099 (€812,800)
- Figur mit Vogel I, 1963$750,780 (€645,000)
- Linie Nr.145, 1998$709,574 (€609,600)
- Bunny in blue, 1997$680,009 (€584,200)
- Bearing II, 1995$630,655 (€541,800)
- Borcke, 1986$620,878 (€533,400)
- $600,624 (€516,000)
- $585,608 (€503,100)
- Elsinor V, 1964$540,675 (CZK 11,250,000)
- Madonna (1895/, 1902$536,700 (NOK 5,000,000)
- Madonna, 1895$525,546 (€451,500)
- $450,468 (€387,000)
- $413,918 (€355,600)
- Straße der Bordelle, 1914$360,374 (€309,600)
- Aske II, 1899$348,855 (NOK 3,250,000)
- With Winds, 1991$345,641 (HK$2,709,000)
- Doppelhochzeit, 1956$345,359 (€296,700)
- The Kids No Trooper, 1989$337,851 (€290,250)
- $330,343 (€283,800)
- Metagrau, 1960$330,343 (€283,800)
- Doktor, 1997$300,312 (€258,000)
- $300,312 (€258,000)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georg Kolbe | Tänzerinnen–Brunnen | $5,796,720 | $1,641,041 (151 earlier) |
| Wilhelm Lehmbruck | Frauenbüste (Büste Frau L.) | $946,099 | $732,813 (79 earlier) |
| Eugen Schönebeck | Figur mit Vogel I | $750,780 | $62,398 (23 earlier) |
| Antony Gormley | Bearing II | $630,655 | $604,800 (127 earlier) |
| William Copley | The Kids No Trooper | $337,851 | $330,485 (119 earlier) |
| Katharina Fritsch | Doktor | $300,312 | $84,665 (60 earlier) |
| Borghild Røed Lærum | Sittende kvinne | $203,946 | $83,198 (4 earlier) |
| Henri Le Sidaner | Les petites barques, automne, Quimper | $162,611 | $47,097 (8 earlier) |
| Gerhard Altenbourg | Garten an der Spinnbahn | $135,140 | $102,852 (119 earlier) |
| Helmar Lerski | Verwandlungen durch Licht, Tel-Aviv | $127,633 | $14,031 (3 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Mosrite of California (61 sold · $156k)Pablo Picasso (28 sold · $525k)Joan Miró (23 sold · $198k)Andy Warhol (21 sold · $1.7M)Damien Hirst (18 sold · $444k)Gibson (14 sold · $87.1k)Frank Lloyd Wright (11 sold · $21.8k)Fender (11 sold · $73.4k)Salvador Dalí (11 sold · $153k)Marc Chagall (11 sold · $70.3k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Jun 1 – 7, 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.