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Highest art auction prices in 2006

The top 50 sales of 2006 in the ArtSell database, ranked by price in US dollars at the sale-date exchange rate. See the all-time top 100 and the most valuable artists.

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  1. Dora Maar au Chat
    Pablo Picasso · Sotheby's · May 3, 2006
    $95,216,000
  2. Portrait of a Child
    John Singer Sargent · Bonhams · Nov 28, 2006
    $2,647,250
  3. Canal
    Liāu Kè-chhun · Ravenel · Jun 4, 2006
    $2,520,095
  4. The Eternal Snows of Mt. Moran
    Thomas Moran · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $1,904,000
  5. Marschhof
    Emil Nolde · Lempertz · Jun 3, 2006
    $1,753,733
  6. Mount Lefroy
    Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 25, 2006
    $1,494,130
  7. Il était une fois une ville
    Jean Paul Riopelle · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 24, 2006
    $1,471,786
  8. Search for the Renegades
    Howard Terpning · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $1,456,000
  9. An Apache
    Frederic Remington · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $1,456,000
  10. Vendedora de Flores en Xochimilco
    Diego Rivera · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $1,232,000
  11. Papageienmann
    Max Liebermann · Lempertz · Nov 30, 2006
    $1,162,392
  12. The Hance Trail-Grand Canyon of the Colorado River
    Thomas Moran · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $1,120,000
  13. The Stragglers
    Howard Terpning · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $1,064,000
  14. ITALIENISCHE GEBIRGSLANDSCHAFT MIT RASTENDEN HIRTEN.
    Jan Both · Lempertz · May 21, 2006
    $1,002,720
  15. High Hills of Tehachapi (No.558)
    Maynard Dixon · Bonhams · Dec 11, 2006
    $997,250
  16. 21.3.1964
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 3, 2006
    $975,197
  17. Sognebud
    Adolph Tidemand · Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · Nov 28, 2006
    $952,560
  18. The Family (ca. 1929)
    Carl Rungius · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $952,000
  19. Stilleben mit zwei Holzfiguren und Blumen
    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · Lempertz · Nov 30, 2006
    $942,480
  20. Galloping Pintos
    Sanyu · Ravenel · Jun 4, 2006
    $914,216
  21. Two Boys in a Punt
    N. C. Wyeth · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $896,000
  22. L'aouache
    Jacques Majorelle · Gros & Delettrez · Dec 11, 2006
    $856,505
  23. 27. 8. 84
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 3, 2006
    $836,810
  24. Rose Garden, Giverny
    Frederick Carl Frieseke · Bonhams · Nov 28, 2006
    $832,250
  25. Blumenterrasse im Wannseegarten
    Max Liebermann · Lempertz · Jun 3, 2006
    $792,992
  26. Der Nutzgarten nach Nordosten - Blumenstauden
    Max Liebermann · Lempertz · Nov 30, 2006
    $753,984
  27. Signals in the Wind
    Howard Terpning · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $728,000
  28. Remembrance of Tusayan
    Maynard Dixon · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $728,000
  29. Autumn Haze
    Lin Fengmian · Ravenel · Jun 4, 2006
    $704,754
  30. Northern Lights
    Tom Thomson · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 24, 2006
    $685,142
  31. The Bolter, #1
    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $672,000
  32. Cathedral Mountain from Yoho Valley, Mountain Sketch LXXXVI
    Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 25, 2006
    $669,782
  33. Die Kurtisane
    Wladimir Georgiewitsch von Bechtejeff · Ketterer Kunst · Dec 5, 2006
    $631,689
  34. Venice
    Liāu Kè-chhun · Ravenel · Dec 3, 2006
    $629,229
  35. Girl
    Zhang Xiaogang · Ravenel · Dec 3, 2006
    $629,229
  36. Stilleben mit Krügen und Kerzen
    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · Lempertz · Nov 30, 2006
    $628,320
  37. Arrival of the Trade Wagons, Rendezvous - 1830
    John Clymer · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $616,000
  38. Portrait of Ruth Renick (The Jade Necklace)
    Joseph Kleitsch · Bonhams · Aug 7, 2006
    $612,250
  39. Cousin Reginald Plays Pirates
    Norman Rockwell · Bonhams · May 24, 2006
    $612,250
  40. 15.02.2001
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Jun 4, 2006
    $565,112
  41. THE THORNBUSH
    Walter Osborne · Whyte's · Nov 28, 2006
    $525,880
  42. 7. Abstrakte Komposition
    Kurt Schwitters · Lempertz · Nov 30, 2006
    $486,948
  43. Mexicans Leaving an Inn
    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 22, 2006
    $476,000
  44. Effluves de Printemps (Emanations of Spring)
    Chu Teh-chun · Ravenel · Dec 3, 2006
    $473,544
  45. Gammelt herresete på Grünerløkken
    Frits Thaulow · Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · Nov 28, 2006
    $444,528
  46. Nude
    Pan Yuliang · Ravenel · Jun 4, 2006
    $442,926
  47. Homage to the Squares "Stele and Patina"
    Josef Albers · Lempertz · Jun 3, 2006
    $442,246
  48. Rugende måke
    Kai Fjell · Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · Nov 28, 2006
    $428,652
  49. Das Chorgestühl im Dom zu Mainz
    Adolph von Menzel · Ketterer Kunst · Oct 28, 2006
    $422,915
  50. Le tambour marocain, ou la Princesse jaune
    Roger Bezombes · Gros & Delettrez · Jun 12, 2006
    $422,419

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