Week 32, 2026
Notable sales: Aug 3 – 9, 2026
In the week of Aug 3 – 9, 2026, ArtSell recorded 815 auction lots, of which 780 sold. The 780 sales with a published price total $4,721,546, with a median of $1,280. The top result was Colin McCahon, “There is no other way”, at $450,951 (Art+Object, Aug 3, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- $450,951 (NZ$767,655)
- $343,582 (NZ$584,880)
- $329,266 (NZ$560,510)
- $178,949 (NZ$304,625)
- $143,159 (NZ$243,700)
- $143,159 (NZ$243,700)
- $107,369 (NZ$182,775)
- $103,791 (NZ$176,683)
- $85,895 (NZ$146,220)
- $78,738 (NZ$134,035)
- $71,580 (NZ$121,850)
- $71,580 (NZ$121,850)
- $54,400 (NZ$92,606)
- $52,969 (NZ$90,169)
- $44,379 (NZ$75,547)
- $41,516 (NZ$70,673)
- $35,840
- $35,790 (NZ$60,925)
- $34,358 (NZ$58,488)
- $31,495 (NZ$53,614)
- $30,720
- $30,063 (NZ$51,177)
- $30,063 (NZ$51,177)
- $28,632 (NZ$48,740)
- $27,916 (NZ$47,522)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Nin | Untitled | $30,063 | $16,833 (6 earlier) |
| John Walsh | Marakihau (Post-Homo Travellus) | $28,632 | $16,805 (37 earlier) |
| Illum Wikkelsø | Croissant lounge chairs, pair | $25,600 | $8,750 (28 earlier) |
| Reuben Paterson | Untitled | $24,337 | $20,281 (46 earlier) |
| Gundorph Albertus | Cactus flatware service | $20,480 | $3,774 (4 earlier) |
| Arnold Blanch | Tampa Fair | $14,080 | $6,875 (24 earlier) |
| Graham Fletcher | Untitled (Mother, Child and Animal Figure) | $9,306 | $8,999 (11 earlier) |
| Jason Greig | Of Earth and Sky (Norwegian Wood) | $7,874 | $2,798 (31 earlier) |
| William Archibald Welden | Empire cocktail service | $5,376 | $1,063 (3 earlier) |
| Itsu | Chandelier, model ER 110/5 | $4,655 | $3,432 (3 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Arnold Blanch (45 sold · $59.1k)Art Déco (19 sold · $14.9k)Hans J. Wegner (12 sold · $56k)Børge Mogensen (12 sold · $35.4k)Machine Age (11 sold · $9k)Alvar Aalto (9 sold · $18.4k)Andy Warhol (9 sold · $97.9k)Robert Rauschenberg (8 sold · $13.5k)Ole Wanscher (8 sold · $21.1k)Gilbert Rohde (6 sold · $15k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Aug 3 – 9, 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.