Highest art auction prices in 2016
The top 50 sales of 2016 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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- $81,447,500
- $66,327,500
- $21,530,000
- $13,690,000
- $8,334,411
- $8,029,876
- $6,970,000
- $6,410,000
- $6,029,130
- $5,989,000
- $5,765,000
- $4,747,256
- $4,574,436
- $3,746,018
- $3,610,000
- $3,525,000
- $3,186,436
- $3,150,374
- $3,134,965
- $3,077,000
- $2,965,000
- $2,965,000
- $2,890,000
- $2,863,540
- $2,853,000
- $2,563,128
- $2,517,000
- $2,410,000
- $2,295,419
- $2,290,000
- $2,162,819
- $2,056,300
- $2,056,300
- $2,050,000
- $1,990,000
- $1,925,000
- $1,747,278
- $1,733,404
- $1,692,185
- $1,677,179
- $1,665,651
- $1,659,766
- $1,630,000
- $1,608,701
- $1,585,000
- $1,570,000
- $1,565,000
- $1,560,424
- $1,559,358
- $1,557,474
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