Week 35, 2026
Notable sales: Aug 24 – 30, 2026
In the week of Aug 24 – 30, 2026, ArtSell recorded 979 auction lots, of which 657 sold. The 657 sales with a published price total $11,093,350, with a median of $1,397. The top result was Brett Whiteley, “San Gimignano, Tuscany 1989-1990”, at $996,423 (Smith & Singer, Aug 25, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- San Gimignano, Tuscany 1989-1990, 1989-1990$996,423 (A$1,392,955)
- Ned Kelly (1955), 1955$772,556 (A$1,080,000)
- $526,743 (A$736,364)
- $526,743 (A$736,364)
- Girl with Flowers 1959, 1959$526,743 (A$736,364)
- $351,162 (A$490,909)
- Lagoon and Salute (1908), 1908$351,162 (A$490,909)
- $333,604 (A$466,364)
- Bulla Goonyah 1993, 1993$308,843 (A$429,545)
- $219,476 (A$306,818)
- Figure II 1978, 1978$215,087 (A$300,682)
- Horn 1992, 1992$194,130 (A$270,000)
- Bird in a Landscape 1990, 1990$175,581 (A$245,455)
- $167,658 (A$233,182)
- Bombo 1982, 1982$166,802 (A$233,182)
- $131,686 (A$184,091)
- Blaze Line 2003, 2003$114,713 (A$159,545)
- $105,349 (A$147,273)
- $105,349 (A$147,273)
- $97,065 (A$135,000)
- $97,065 (A$135,000)
- Suite 1961, 1961$88,241 (A$122,727)
- $87,790 (A$122,727)
- Jasper Range 1949, 1949$83,401 (A$116,591)
- Switchback 1980, 1980$83,401 (A$116,591)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Cullen | Outside Glenrowan 2011 | $75,005 | $43,752 (64 earlier) |
| Sally Gabori | My Country (also known as Where I Was Born) 2006 | $61,769 | $47,935 (23 earlier) |
| Lisa Roet | The Cradle (also known as Orangutan Foot) conceived 2007; cast 2024 | $52,944 | $25,530 (4 earlier) |
| Paramjit Singh | Untitled | $44,190 | $25,815 (3 earlier) |
| Ida Rentoul Outhwaite | (Fairy and Water Lilies) | $37,061 | $24,112 (25 earlier) |
| Jenny Watson | Self Portrait – Concert for One (1990) | $28,093 | $6,804 (24 earlier) |
| Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart | (Reclining Nude and Elephant) 1925 | $24,582 | $19,342 (34 earlier) |
| Gunter Christmann | Tashi Gyaling 1970 | $17,648 | $17,518 (13 earlier) |
| Richard Bell | Untitled (I am Not a Racist I Just Don't Like Abboze, Juze, Woggz, Niggaz, Slow Pedze and Rag Headz) 2003 | $9,707 | $4,833 (7 earlier) |
| Nicolás Moreno | Flores Amarillas | $7,660 | $6,920 (23 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Frank Phelan (109 sold · $135k)Takashi Murakami (35 sold · $49.8k)Charles Blackman (7 sold · $748k)Rodolfo Morales (6 sold · $7.9k)Brett Whiteley (6 sold · $1.7M)Carlos Mérida (6 sold · $5.1k)John Coburn (5 sold · $157k)Leonardo Nierman (5 sold · $12.4k)Clarice Beckett (5 sold · $223k)Sidney Nolan (5 sold · $927k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Aug 24 – 30, 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.