Highest art auction prices in 2013

The top 50 sales of 2013 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
   Three Studies of Lucian Freud

   Francis Bacon · Christie's · Nov 12, 2013
   $142,405,000
2. 2
   Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)

   Andy Warhol · Sotheby's · Nov 13, 2013
   $105,445,000
3. 3
   Grand tête mince (Grand tête de Diego)

   Alberto Giacometti · Sotheby's · Nov 6, 2013
   $50,000,000
4. 4
   Four Marilyns

   Andy Warhol · Phillips · May 16, 2013
   $38,245,000
5. 5
   Portrait of François-Henri, 5th duc d'Harcourt,

   Jean-Honoré Fragonard · Bonhams · Dec 5, 2013
   $27,974,259
6. 6
   Woman with Peanuts

   Roy Lichtenstein · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
   $10,805,000
7. 7
   Nine Gold Marilyns (Reversal Series)

   Andy Warhol · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
   $9,125,000
8. 8
   Untitled

   David Hammons · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
   $8,005,000
9. 9
   Cutting Out Pony Herds (A Stampede)

   Frederic Remington · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 27, 2013
   $5,625,000
10. 10
    Buster Keaton

    Jeff Koons · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
    $4,421,000
11. 11
    Oscillate Wildly (after ‘Autumnal Cannibalism’ 1936 by Salvador Dalí)

    Glenn Brown · Phillips · Jun 27, 2013
    $4,403,307
12. 12
    A Scout is Loyal

    Norman Rockwell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 27, 2013
    $4,281,000
13. 13
    Untitled

    Jean-Michel Basquiat · Phillips · May 16, 2013
    $4,085,000
14. 14
    Still Life

    Roy Lichtenstein · Phillips · May 16, 2013
    $4,085,000
15. 15
    Großer Geist Nr. 9

    Thomas Schütte · Phillips · May 16, 2013
    $4,085,000
16. 16
    And If

    Christopher Wool · Phillips · May 16, 2013
    $4,085,000
17. 17
    Keishizoku

    Kazuo Shiraga · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
    $3,973,000
18. 18
    Weiß (White)

    Gerhard Richter · Phillips · Oct 16, 2013
    $3,902,747
19. 19
    19.7.63

    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 1, 2013
    $3,868,691
20. 20
    Watt bei Ebbe

    Karl Schmidt-Rottluff · Grisebach · Nov 28, 2013
    $3,697,024
21. 21
    Untitled (Orange Butterfly Green M 2003 G)

    Mark Grotjahn · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
    $3,637,000
22. 22
    Amanda

    John Currin · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
    $3,525,000
23. 23
    Three Pontificators

    Jean-Michel Basquiat · Phillips · Jun 27, 2013
    $3,376,760
24. 24
    Self-Portrait

    Jean-Michel Basquiat · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
    $3,301,000
25. 25
    Chicago Board of Trade III

    Andreas Gursky · Sotheby's · Jun 26, 2013
    $3,298,755
26. 26
    The Crazy Stair (The Crooked Staircase)

    Emily Carr · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 28, 2013
    $3,207,946
27. 27
    My Armchair 1976

    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Oct 31, 2013
    $3,041,248
28. 28
    Untitled

    Jean-Michel Basquiat · Phillips · Feb 14, 2013
    $3,016,499
29. 29
    Untitled

    Jean-Michel Basquiat · Phillips · Oct 16, 2013
    $3,005,011
30. 30
    Bildnis Berthe Jacques

    Ferdinand Hodler · Kornfeld · Jun 14, 2013
    $2,806,960
31. 31
    Untitled (P271)

    Christopher Wool · Phillips · Feb 14, 2013
    $2,582,303
32. 32
    Force d'âme (Fortitude) (quadriptych)

    Chu Teh-chun · Ravenel · Dec 1, 2013
    $2,544,907
33. 33
    Chicago Board of Trade

    Andreas Gursky · Sotheby's · Jun 23, 2013
    $2,507,755
34. 34
    Flowers

    Andy Warhol · Phillips · May 16, 2013
    $2,461,000
35. 35
    Paris, Montparnasse

    Andreas Gursky · Sotheby's · Oct 17, 2013
    $2,416,475
36. 36
    Higher Standards / Lower Prices

    Ed Ruscha · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
    $2,405,000
37. 37
    Concetto spaziale, Attesa

    Lucio Fontana · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
    $2,345,000
38. 38
    Zwei mit Katzen spielende Mädchen. 1907. Frauen- und Männerkopf

    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · Ketterer Kunst · Jun 8, 2013
    $2,307,240
39. 39
    Nature hivernale

    Chu Teh-chun · Ravenel · May 26, 2013
    $2,246,446
40. 40
    Contra Relevo (Objeto N. 7)

    Lygia Clark · Phillips · May 23, 2013
    $2,225,000
41. 41
    Schrei am Meer

    Max Pechstein · Ketterer Kunst · Dec 6, 2013
    $2,049,150
42. 42
    Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn)

    Andy Warhol · Phillips · May 16, 2013
    $2,045,000
43. 43
    Knives

    Andy Warhol · Phillips · Mar 7, 2013
    $2,008,900
44. 44
    27.12.89

    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Nov 24, 2013
    $1,960,648
45. 45
    Rhein

    Andreas Gursky · Phillips · May 16, 2013
    $1,925,000
46. 46
    The Scouting Party

    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 27, 2013
    $1,900,000
47. 47
    Bicho invertebrado

    Lygia Clark · Phillips · Nov 21, 2013
    $1,865,000
48. 48
    28.4.75

    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · May 26, 2013
    $1,813,645
49. 49
    Untitled (Lines on Black)

    Mark Grotjahn · Phillips · Nov 11, 2013
    $1,805,000
50. 50
    Diamond Dust Shoes

    Andy Warhol · Phillips · Jun 27, 2013
    $1,745,283

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