Week 38, 2026
Notable sales: Sep 14 – 20, 2026
In the week of Sep 14 – 20, 2026, ArtSell recorded 2,281 auction lots, of which 1,877 sold. The 1,877 sales with a published price total $12,738,743, with a median of $700. The top result was Irma Stern, “Dahlias”, at $843,401 (Strauss & Co, Sep 15, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Dahlias, 1935$843,401 (ZAR 13,725,000)
- $258,826 (£193,500)
- $258,206 (£193,500)
- Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, d'après Manet I (Luncheon on the Grass, After Manet I) (Bl. 1027, Ba. 1287), 1962$241,571 (£180,600)
- $207,060 (£154,800)
- $206,565 (£154,800)
- Cape Town Docks, 1957$196,794 (ZAR 3,202,500)
- $189,351 (£141,900)
- $189,351 (£141,900)
- A Bigger Book: Art Edition A-D, 2010/2016$172,138 (£129,000)
- $161,652 (ZAR 2,630,625)
- Four Majors, 2018$155,295 (£116,100)
- Montcalm Interior, 2010$154,924 (£116,100)
- $152,900
- Girl with Balloon, 2004$146,668 (£109,650)
- $129,413 (£96,750)
- $129,413 (£96,750)
- My Window: Art Edition A-D, 2009-11/2019$129,103 (£96,750)
- $114,800
- $105,425 (ZAR 1,715,625)
- $103,283 (£77,400)
- $94,903 (£70,950)
- $94,903 (£70,950)
- Still Life, 1948$91,368 (ZAR 1,486,875)
- Young Girl, 1962$89,400
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Burden | Viagra Tower | $152,900 | $93,750 (38 earlier) |
| Erik Laubscher | Still Life | $91,368 | $69,279 (52 earlier) |
| Esias Bosch | Koi | $77,312 | $57,415 (111 earlier) |
| Gladys Mgudlandlu | In Flight | $24,847 | $14,074 (9 earlier) |
| Mirko Basaldella | MATERNITA' | $17,447 | $5,741 (6 earlier) |
| Marie Tuck | Breton Woman | $15,685 | $13,608 (17 earlier) |
| Titina Maselli | SALTO (PICCOLO) | $14,248 | $6,850 (3 earlier) |
| Larry Cohen | View of San Vicente | $14,080 | $12,065 (88 earlier) |
| Albert Hinrich Hussmann | The Olympic Champion', | $12,135 | $3,518 (12 earlier) |
| Adelaide Perry | Kurrajong, the Citrus Orchard | $9,981 | $2,549 (5 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
David Hockney (76 sold · $2.7M)Pewabic (57 sold · $37.2k)Alice Goldin (26 sold · $9.2k)Andy Warhol (21 sold · $1.2M)Pablo Picasso (16 sold · $629k)Alvar Aalto (14 sold · $5.7k)Arne Jacobsen (13 sold · $40.6k)Théodore Roussel (12 sold · $4.1k)Oiva Toikka (11 sold · $2.4k)20th Century Continental School (11 sold · $1.7k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Sep 14 – 20, 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.