Week 26, 2026
Notable sales: Jun 22 – 28, 2026
In the week of Jun 22 – 28, 2026, ArtSell recorded 3,258 auction lots, of which 2,241 sold. The 2,222 sales with a published price total $20,271,021, with a median of $636. The top result was David Hockney, “The Only One with Waves”, at $3,202,721 (Phillips, Jun 26, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- The Only One with Waves, 1991$3,202,721 (£2,423,000)
- $835,510 (£632,100)
- Untitled, 1991$699,100 (£528,900)
- Inner Light, 1966$682,049 (£516,000)
- $562,690 (£425,700)
- Untitled, 1970$545,639 (£412,800)
- Monocromo Redondo Ge, 2014$375,127 (£283,800)
- Bullet Hole Bust, 2006$358,076 (£270,900)
- The Box: Tan Stripe, 2018$341,024 (£258,000)
- $341,024 (£258,000)
- O.T., 2013$341,024 (£258,000)
- Malay Woman, 1936$305,322 (ZAR 5,032,500)
- Portrait of Lucretia Van Horn, 1926-27$305,300
- Chest, 2020$272,820 (£206,400)
- Head with a Frog, 2021$272,820 (£206,400)
- $255,768 (£193,500)
- Untitled, 2017$255,768 (£193,500)
- Blue Cross, 1993-1995$255,768 (£193,500)
- Andrew Murray, 2015$221,666 (£167,700)
- OK Mili, 2005$213,140 (£161,250)
- I Love Liberty (C. 192), 1982$212,850
- Not Quite Armageddon, 1997$204,615 (£154,800)
- Untitled, 2015$170,512 (£129,000)
- $170,512 (£129,000)
- Smiling Copper, 2003$161,987 (£122,550)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hsiao Chin | Inner Light | $682,049 | $157,248 (89 earlier) |
| M. F. Husain | Untitled | $545,639 | $324,480 (17 earlier) |
| Andrew Cranston | Meditation in a tenement | $110,833 | $55,910 (4 earlier) |
| Shahzia Sikander | Sub Blues | $102,307 | $43,520 (13 earlier) |
| Robert Bechtle | Albany Monte Carlo | $24,320 | $16,640 (22 earlier) |
| D*Face | Superman | $18,754 | $8,244 (13 earlier) |
| Jose Royo | FLOREAL PRIMAVERA | $15,442 | $9,941 (7 earlier) |
| Bernard Meadows | Spring 'Seasons' Cock | $15,344 | $7,800 (24 earlier) |
| Michael Bauer | Red Cave and Blonde | $15,344 | $13,750 (13 earlier) |
| Ronnie Landfield | Egypt | $14,080 | $5,120 (11 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Ardmore Ceramic Studio (82 sold · $37.4k)John Tunnard (33 sold · $91.4k)Thomas Hart Benton (21 sold · $71.1k)Alphonse Mucha (16 sold · $38.8k)Andy Warhol (15 sold · $93.7k)Terry O'Neill (11 sold · $11.3k)Lucretia Van Horn (10 sold · $58.2k)Robert Brooks (10 sold · $2.9k)Linn Ware (10 sold · $3.5k)Irving Lehman (10 sold · $10.3k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Jun 22 – 28, 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.