Week 40, 2026
Notable sales: Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
In the week of Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026, ArtSell recorded 688 auction lots, of which 467 sold. The 406 sales with a published price total $11,747,736, with a median of $2,048. The top result was Gerhard Richter, “Abstraktes Bild (522-1)”, at $2,932,625 (Phillips, Sep 30, 2026). 10 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top 25 results
- Abstraktes Bild (522-1), 1983$2,932,625 (HK$23,010,000)
- $1,413,930 (HK$11,094,000)
- Bouquet sur fond orange, 1975$460,349 (HK$3,612,000)
- Untitled, 2023$427,467 (HK$3,354,000)
- 120330, 2012$246,616 (HK$1,935,000)
- Yellow, Blue and Red, 1993$230,175 (HK$1,806,000)
- Just For You, 1999$213,734 (HK$1,677,000)
- $189,072 (HK$1,483,500)
- Soul and Flesh - Trio, 2011$180,852 (HK$1,419,000)
- Waterdrops, 2016-2017$180,852 (HK$1,419,000)
- Swimming, 1993$172,631 (HK$1,354,500)
- $164,411 (HK$1,290,000)
- Spades, 2023$147,969 (HK$1,161,000)
- Conjunction 21-08, 2021$147,969 (HK$1,161,000)
- Autoportraits en crâne, 2006$139,749 (HK$1,096,500)
- Portrait de Jeune Femme, 1940$123,308 (HK$967,500)
- withwinds S8708-27, 1987$123,308 (HK$967,500)
- Snack Stall in Bali, 1958$123,308 (HK$967,500)
- $106,867 (HK$838,500)
- In the Order of Recurrence, 2012-2013$106,867 (HK$838,500)
- $101,935 (HK$799,800)
- Untitled, 2010$101,935 (HK$799,800)
- $98,646 (HK$774,000)
- $98,646 (HK$774,000)
- Untitled, 2018$98,646 (HK$774,000)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouyang Chun | Soul and Flesh - Trio | $180,852 | $110,463 (9 earlier) |
| Ha Chonghyun | Conjunction 21-08 | $147,969 | $129,000 (4 earlier) |
| Lee Man Fong | Snack Stall in Bali | $123,308 | $71,702 (5 earlier) |
| Samuel Yellin | Gate transom from the Arch Street Workshop, Philadelphia | $83,200 | $40,000 (36 earlier) |
| Lee Bae | Landscape-2000-8 | $69,052 | $51,983 (3 earlier) |
| Nicole Wittenberg | Sunset 3 | $41,103 | $38,700 (4 earlier) |
| Gustave Baumann | Cholla and Sahuaro (Saguaro) | $40,960 | $40,625 (94 earlier) |
| Joshua Petker | Red Rug | $9,600 | $4,969 (5 earlier) |
| James Ulmer | Set Free | $7,680 | $5,080 (15 earlier) |
| Sandra Chevrier | La Cage, le soir brûlé | $4,096 | $3,930 (4 earlier) |
Most active artists
Artists with the most priced sales this week.
Kaws (19 sold · $119k)Gustav Stickley (7 sold · $24.5k)Bronisław Chromy (6 sold · $4.6k)Samuel Yellin (6 sold · $122k)Takashi Murakami (6 sold · $5.9k)Pablo Picasso (6 sold · $95.4k)Mr. (5 sold · $1.9k)Mary Shillabeer (4 sold · $232)Igor Mitoraj (4 sold · $14k)Andy Warhol (4 sold · $60k)
Generated from the auction results recorded in ArtSell for sales held Sep 28 – Oct 4, 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.