Week 33, 2026

Notable sales: Aug 10 – 16, 2026

In the week of Aug 10 – 16, 2026, ArtSell recorded 1,055 auction lots, of which 943 sold. The 943 sales with a published price total $3,178,967, with a median of $859. The top result was Norman Rockwell, “Young Love/Buttercup”, at $175,000 (Jackson's International Auctioneers, Aug 12, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.

Lots offered
1,055
Sold
943
89% sell-through
Total
$3.2M
943 priced sales
Median
$859
priced sales

Top 25 results

  1. Young Love/Buttercup
    Norman Rockwell · Jackson's International Auctioneers · Aug 12, 2026
    $175,000
  2. Young Love/Swinging
    Norman Rockwell · Jackson's International Auctioneers · Aug 12, 2026
    $143,750
  3. Rare Libri trumeau
    Piero Fornasetti · Wright · Aug 13, 2026
    $108,800
  4. $83,200
  5. $64,000
  6. $57,600
  7. Turquoise tapestry, 1975
    Alexander Calder · Wright · Aug 13, 2026
    $57,600
  8. Moon tapestry, 1975
    Alexander Calder · Wright · Aug 13, 2026
    $33,280
  9. $30,720
  10. Ceiling lamps, pair, 1950-52
    Paavo Tynell · Wright · Aug 13, 2026
    $25,600
  11. Janus occasional table, model 6047, c. 1960
    Edward Wormley · Wright · Aug 13, 2026
    $23,940
  12. $23,040
  13. Ohne Titel (FO-106), 1965
    Peter Roehr · Grisebach · Aug 16, 2026
    $22,382 (€19,350)
  14. Cabinet, 2026
    James Bearden · Wright · Aug 13, 2026
    $21,760
  15. $20,480
  16. $19,950
  17. Ohne Titel
    Thomas Lehnerer · Grisebach · Aug 16, 2026
    $19,398 (€16,770)
  18. Poisson bleu, 1953
    Pablo Picasso · Grisebach · Aug 16, 2026
    $19,398 (€16,770)
  19. Table Bleue
    Yves Klein · Wright · Aug 13, 2026
    $19,200
  20. Desk, c. 1950
    Gio Ponti · Wright · Aug 13, 2026
    $17,920
  21. Wingback chair, 1935
    Frits Henningsen · Wright · Aug 13, 2026
    $17,920
  22. Ohne Titel, 1956
    Raimund Girke · Grisebach · Aug 16, 2026
    $17,906 (€15,480)
  23. Sailing ship at Sunset
    Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky · Jackson's International Auctioneers · Aug 12, 2026
    $17,500
  24. $16,640
  25. $16,640

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).

ArtistWorkPricePrevious high
Eleanora Peduzzi-Riva and Heinz Ulrich Ueli BergerDS 600 Organic sofa$64,000$44,800 (12 earlier)
James BeardenCabinet$21,760$19,200 (59 earlier)
Constantin WestchiloffAlpine Sunset$15,000$14,000 (7 earlier)
MossiMale and female figures, pair$8,960$2,125 (4 earlier)
BamanaChi Wara (antelope headdresses), pair$7,040$4,375 (16 earlier)
SnarkitectureBroken Bench (Pink)$6,400$6,350 (9 earlier)
Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo VeniniClessidre (Hourglasses), set of six$6,400$2,794 (7 earlier)
Pál FriedPortrait of Eva Gabor$5,750$4,845 (64 earlier)
Christian WooNoga occasional tables, pair$5,376$3,612 (4 earlier)
Colin KingEnveloppé chairs, pair$5,120$2,560 (3 earlier)

Most active artists

Artists with the most priced sales this week.

David Burliuk (17 sold · $39.8k)Salvador Dalí (10 sold · $19k)Josef Albers (9 sold · $9.3k)Ettore Sottsass (8 sold · $27.7k)Richard Anuszkiewicz (8 sold · $7.3k)Bamana (8 sold · $14.7k)George Nakashima (7 sold · $116k)Zulu (7 sold · $4.7k)Michel Clodion (7 sold · $6.1k)Constantin Westchiloff (7 sold · $81.9k)

Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Aug 10 – 16, 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.

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