Highest art auction prices in 2009

The top 50 sales of 2009 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. 1
   17.4.64

   Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 6, 2009
   $4,924,656
2. 2
   Blick auf Vorstädte am Meer bei Marseille

   Max Beckmann · Grisebach · Nov 27, 2009
   $3,905,532
3. 3
   The Old Stump, Lake Superior

   Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 26, 2009
   $3,330,779
4. 4
   Houses, St. Patrick Street

   Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 26, 2009
   $2,664,624
5. 5
   Early Spring, Canoe Lake

   Tom Thomson · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 26, 2009
   $2,609,111
6. 6
   Oiseaux volent partout (Birds Fly Everywhere)

   Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 6, 2009
   $1,964,888
7. 7
   Wind in the Tree Tops

   Emily Carr · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Jun 17, 2009
   $1,896,708
8. 8
   Nachtgarten bei Cap Martin

   Max Beckmann · Grisebach · Jun 5, 2009
   $1,889,511
9. 9
   Vase of Flower with Blue Ground

   Sanyu · Ravenel · Dec 6, 2009
   $1,860,426
10. 10
    Iceberg, Baffin's Bay North

    Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 26, 2009
    $1,443,338
11. 11
    Force d'âme (quadtych)

    Chu Teh-chun · Ravenel · Dec 6, 2009
    $1,372,934
12. 12
    Flying Apsaras (triptych)

    Wang Huaiqing · Ravenel · Jun 7, 2009
    $1,342,557
13. 13
    Evening Sky, Upwey

    Fred Williams · Deutscher and Hackett · Nov 25, 2009
    $1,281,992
14. 14
    Twilight in the Tropics (A tropical moonlight) 30 x 25 1/4in

    Frederic Edwin Church · Bonhams · May 20, 2009
    $1,274,000
15. 15
    The Carpet Seller

    Rudolf Swoboda · Bonhams · May 11, 2009
    $1,248,360
16. 16
    Birches and Cedar, Fall

    Tom Thomson · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Jun 17, 2009
    $1,230,297
17. 17
    The Sunrise, Japanese: Good Morning! 1988

    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Sep 23, 2009
    $1,154,234
18. 18
    Blumenbild (Picture with flowers) Verso: Paar (Couple)

    Heinrich Campendonk · Lempertz · May 29, 2009
    $1,099,644
19. 19
    Evocation hivernale C (Reminiscence of Winter)

    Chu Teh-chun · Ravenel · Dec 6, 2009
    $1,094,368
20. 20
    In Buchanan Bay, Ellesmere Island

    Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 26, 2009
    $1,054,747
21. 21
    Jouet

    Jean Paul Riopelle · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Jun 17, 2009
    $1,025,248
22. 22
    Sitzende auf geschwungenem Stuhl

    Oskar Schlemmer · Grisebach · Jun 5, 2009
    $843,532
23. 23
    'Roses'

    Franz Bischoff · Bonhams · Aug 3, 2009
    $798,000
24. 24
    Let Be, Let Be

    Colin McCahon · Deutscher and Hackett · Aug 26, 2009
    $783,216
25. 25
    Glass and newspapers

    Emil Filla · Galerie Kodl · Nov 29, 2009
    $765,677
26. 26
    Carla

    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · Oct 8, 2009
    $756,462
27. 27
    Summer Snow at Perisher 1976-77

    Fred Williams · Menzies · Dec 16, 2009
    $755,941
28. 28
    Ferryboat

    Liāu Kè-chhun · Ravenel · Jun 7, 2009
    $741,229
29. 29
    Magnolias in an Earthenware Pot

    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · Mar 9, 2009
    $680,292
30. 30
    INSTITUTION OF THE ROSARY

    Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · Lempertz · Nov 22, 2009
    $675,564
31. 31
    Taos Indians Homeward Bound

    Ernest Martin Hennings · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 25, 2009
    $659,000
32. 32
    Dakota Chief

    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 25, 2009
    $631,000
33. 33
    Flieder im Kelchglas

    Lovis Corinth · Grisebach · Jun 5, 2009
    $607,343
34. 34
    Westerly with Daisies (View of Lavender Bay) 1974

    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Dec 16, 2009
    $593,954
35. 35
    Schafherde

    Max Liebermann · Grisebach · Nov 27, 2009
    $585,830
36. 36
    'The crossword puzzle'

    Norman Rockwell · Bonhams · Dec 2, 2009
    $578,000
37. 37
    Old Indian Trading Post

    Frank Tenney Johnson · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 25, 2009
    $575,000
38. 38
    Still Life with Dahlias

    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · Oct 8, 2009
    $574,911
39. 39
    Still Life with Red Flowering Gum

    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · Oct 8, 2009
    $574,911
40. 40
    Nude on a Couch

    Frederick Varley · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 26, 2009
    $555,130
41. 41
    White Houses Madeira

    Irma Stern · Strauss & Co · Mar 9, 2009
    $544,234
42. 42
    Poppies and lupine by a lake with mountains in the distance

    Granville Redmond · Bonhams · Apr 7, 2009
    $542,000
43. 43
    Composition No. 166

    Chu Teh-chun · Ravenel · Dec 6, 2009
    $522,312
44. 44
    Untitled

    Günther Uecker · Lempertz · Dec 6, 2009
    $515,326
45. 45
    Riders in the foothills

    Ernest Martin Hennings · Bonhams · Apr 7, 2009
    $512,000
46. 46
    Carmel seascape (A blue sea, Carmel)

    Guy Rose · Bonhams · Apr 7, 2009
    $512,000
47. 47
    Art Shopping Network

    Tsai Kang-yung & Cai Guo-Qiang · Ravenel · Jun 7, 2009
    $506,834
48. 48
    Contentment

    E. Irving Couse · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 25, 2009
    $506,000
49. 49
    North Shore, Lake Superior

    A. Y. Jackson · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 26, 2009
    $499,617
50. 50
    Kartenspieler

    Karl Hofer · Grisebach · Nov 27, 2009
    $497,068

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