Home / Market reports / February 2003 Art auction market report: February 2003 In February 2003, ArtSell recorded 200 auction lots from 1 auction house, of which 151 sold (76% sell-through). The 151 sales with a published price total $733,598, with a median of $3,428 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Anthony Robert Klitz, “DUBLIN'S LIFFEY BRIDGES - A SET OF TEN”, at $23,571 (Whyte's). 13 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Total
$734k
151 priced sales
Top sales # Work Artist House · date Price 1 DUBLIN'S LIFFEY BRIDGES - A SET OF TEN Anthony Robert Klitz Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$23,571 (€22,000) 2 CROSS (POLYPTYCH) Patrick Scott Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$22,499 (€21,000) 3 MALAGA HARBOUR WITH PEASANTS AND DONKEY George Campbell Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$21,428 (€20,000) 4 THE FORTRESS (BUNCRANA, COUNTY DONEGAL) Daniel O'Neill Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$21,428 (€20,000) 5 UNTITLED , 1983 Colin Middleton Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$18,214 (€17,000) 6 STANDING FIGURE Colin Middleton Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$17,142 (€16,000) 7 SAINT KEVIN Jack Butler Yeats Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$17,142 (€16,000) 8 THREE CHOIR GIRLS William Conor Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$17,142 (€16,000) 9 HANGING MEAT WITH COW'S HEART Camille Souter Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$16,071 (€15,000) 10 WOMEN ON SYNGE STREET Donald Teskey Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$16,071 (€15,000) 11 RIVERSIDE LANDSCAPE Letitia Marion Hamilton Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$13,393 (€12,500) 12 WOMAN AND BULL, ROSSBEIGH Pauline Bewick Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$12,857 (€12,000) 13 DUN LAOGHAIRE FROM DALKEY HILL Maurice MacGonigal Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$11,250 (€10,500) 14 GREEN BOATS AT THE QUAY Markey Robinson Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$10,714 (€10,000) 15 ALCOCK AND BROWN LANDING SITE NEAR CLIFDEN, CONNEMARA Kenneth Webb Whyte's · Feb 18, 2003$10,714 (€10,000)
Top American artists Ranked by total of priced sales in the month; region from the artist’s recorded nationality.
Top European artists Top European artists, February 2003 # Artist Total sold Priced sales Top result 1 Colin Middleton Irish
$51,213 5 UNTITLED — $18,2142 Markey Robinson British
$39,535 8 GREEN BOATS AT THE QUAY — $10,7143 Gladys Maccabe British
$38,463 8 THE FLOWER SELLER — $6,8574 Kenneth Webb British
$36,106 6 ALCOCK AND BROWN LANDING SITE NEAR CLIFDEN, CONNEMARA — $10,7145 Norman J. McCaig British
$29,356 7 BOATS MOORED AT CASHEL PIER, CONNEMARA — $5,3576 Anthony Robert Klitz Irish
$23,571 1 DUBLIN'S LIFFEY BRIDGES - A SET OF TEN — $23,5717 Camille Souter Irish
$21,964 2 HANGING MEAT WITH COW'S HEART — $16,0718 George Campbell Irish
$21,428 1 MALAGA HARBOUR WITH PEASANTS AND DONKEY — $21,4289 Daniel O'Neill Irish
$21,428 1 THE FORTRESS (BUNCRANA, COUNTY DONEGAL) — $21,42810 Peter Collis British
$18,964 5 STUDIO STILL LIFE — $4,714
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 Anthony Robert Klitz DUBLIN'S LIFFEY BRIDGES - A SET OF TEN Whyte's $23,571 $4,053 (5 earlier) Patrick Scott CROSS (POLYPTYCH) Whyte's $22,499 $15,063 (6 earlier) George Campbell MALAGA HARBOUR WITH PEASANTS AND DONKEY Whyte's $21,428 $12,723 (21 earlier) Camille Souter HANGING MEAT WITH COW'S HEART Whyte's $16,071 $8,692 (3 earlier) Pauline Bewick WOMAN AND BULL, ROSSBEIGH Whyte's $12,857 $6,069 (5 earlier) Seán McSweeney THE BEACH Whyte's $9,214 $5,331 (7 earlier) Kitty Wilmer O'Brien FIGURES IN STREET, WESTPORT, COUNTY MAYO Whyte's $6,428 $4,632 (5 earlier) Mainie Jellett ABSTRACT COMPOSITION (HOLY FAMILY) Whyte's $5,143 $5,140 (4 earlier) Ivan Sutton LAUNCHING THE CURRACH, ARAN MóR, COUNTY GALWAY Whyte's $4,286 $2,908 (6 earlier) Elizabeth Brophy AFTERNOON CHAT Whyte's $3,000 $2,895 (11 earlier) Flora Mitchell O'CONNELL BRIDGE FROM BURGH QUAY, DUBLIN Whyte's $2,786 $2,509 (4 earlier) Stuart Morle BALLET SHOES IV Whyte's $2,786 $2,430 (6 earlier) Claude Hayes A RIDER LEADING A PACK OF HORSES DOWN A COUNTRY LANE Whyte's $1,929 $1,869 (4 earlier)
Auction houses this month Whyte's (200)