Art auction market report: May 2000

In May 2000, ArtSell recorded 261 auction lots from 2 auction houses, of which 261 sold (100% sell-through). The 261 sales with a published price total $1,344,927, with a median of $502 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Adolph Tidemand, “Den yngste sønns avskjed”, at $435,480 (Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner). 7 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.

Lots offered

261

2 houses

Sold

261

100% sell-through

Total

$1.3M

261 priced sales

Median

$502

priced sales

Top sales

#	Work	Artist	House · date	Price
1	Den yngste sønns avskjed, 1867	Adolph Tidemand	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$435,480 (NOK 4,000,000)
2	Solnedgang over elven ved Pecquigny i nærheten av	Frits Thaulow	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$71,854 (NOK 660,000)
3	Vindkastet	Frits Thaulow	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$67,499 (NOK 620,000)
4	Fjellandskap, 1848	Hans Gude	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$56,612 (NOK 520,000)
5	Juninatt i hagen	Nikolai Astrup	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$43,548 (NOK 400,000)
6	Fjordlandskap med fjordabåt	Adelsteen Normann	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$41,371 (NOK 380,000)
7	Fra Ramsau, 1830	Thomas Fearnley	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$39,193 (NOK 360,000)
8	Skarp seiling med oselver	Hans Dahl	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$32,661 (NOK 300,000)
9	Fisker og barn, 1913	Jahn Ekenæs	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$28,306 (NOK 260,000)
10	Rukkedals-Elven Næs i Hallingdal, 1819	Johannes Flintoe	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$23,951 (NOK 220,000)
11	Tollersrud-Kleven i Hallingdal, 1819	Johannes Flintoe	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$22,863 (NOK 210,000)
12	Jakthunder med fuglevilt	Karl Uchermann	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$21,230 (NOK 195,000)
13	Fjordlandskap med båter og folkeliv, 1877	Hans Gude	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$20,685 (NOK 190,000)
14	Jente med vannåk og gutt som fisker	Hans Andreas Dahl	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$19,597 (NOK 180,000)
15	Kveldsstemning ved middelalderkirke, 1897	Lars Jorde	Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · May 25, 2000	$16,875 (NOK 155,000)

Top American artists

Ranked by total of priced sales in the month; region from the artist’s recorded nationality.

Top American artists, May 2000
#	Artist	Total sold	Priced sales	Top result
1	Karl Struss American	$1,158	1	Lake Cottage, Chester, Nova Scotia, 1911 — $1,158
2	Frank Stella American	$1,158	1	Chocorua #49/100 — $1,158
3	Belmore Browne American	$1,081	1	Molar Pass — $1,081
4	Arthur Bowen Davies American	$463	1	Untitled - The Sad Shepards — $463
5	David Muench American	$271	1	Mount St. Helens — $271
6	Emil Ganso American	$135	1	Untitled - Swimmers — $135
7	James Rosenquist American	$116	1	Flamingo Capsule — $116
8	Ernest Trova American	$116	1	Yellow Man #155/175 — $116

Top European artists

Top European artists, May 2000
#	Artist	Total sold	Priced sales	Top result
1	Adolph Tidemand Norwegian	$435,480	1	Den yngste sønns avskjed — $435,480
2	Frits Thaulow Norwegian	$139,354	2	Solnedgang over elven ved Pecquigny i nærheten av — $71,854
3	Hans Gude Norwegian	$77,298	2	Fjellandskap — $56,612
4	Hans Dahl Norwegian	$59,879	3	Skarp seiling med oselver — $32,661
5	Johannes Flintoe Norwegian	$46,814	2	Rukkedals-Elven Næs i Hallingdal — $23,951
6	Adelsteen Normann Norwegian	$46,596	2	Fjordlandskap med fjordabåt — $41,371
7	Thomas Fearnley Norwegian	$45,508	2	Fra Ramsau — $39,193
8	Nikolai Astrup Norwegian	$43,548	1	Juninatt i hagen — $43,548
9	Jahn Ekenæs Norwegian	$28,306	1	Fisker og barn — $28,306
10	Gerhard Munthe Norwegian	$23,407	3	Fra Røisheim — $10,234

New artist records

The artist’s best price this month exceeded every earlier priced result for them in the ArtSell database (artists with at least three earlier priced results).

Artist	Work	Price	Previous high
David Blackwood	Loss of the Flora S. Nickerson #55/75 Levis Fine Art Auctions	$3,089	$2,584 (4 earlier)
Claude Langevin	Pres de St. Sauver Levis Fine Art Auctions	$1,622	$1,018 (3 earlier)
Sybil Andrews	Indian Dance #70/75 Levis Fine Art Auctions	$1,313	$567 (3 earlier)
Thomas Mower Martin	Untitled - Buffalo at Moonrise Levis Fine Art Auctions	$1,158	$907 (4 earlier)
Margaret Shelton	Banff Avenue Levis Fine Art Auctions	$811	$666 (15 earlier)
E. Eric Goldberg	Drying the Nets Levis Fine Art Auctions	$734	$529 (3 earlier)
James Agrell Smith	The Goose Hunter #8/50 Levis Fine Art Auctions	$174	$170 (4 earlier)

Auction houses this month

Levis Fine Art Auctions (205)Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner (56)