Home / Market reports / February 2005 Art auction market report: February 2005 In February 2005, ArtSell recorded 297 auction lots from 3 auction houses, of which 236 sold (79% sell-through). The 236 sales with a published price total $1,520,712, with a median of $3,166 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Paul Henry, “COTTAGES ON KILLARY BAY”, at $114,779 (Whyte's). 15 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Total
$1.5M
236 priced sales
Top sales # Work Artist House · date Price 1 COTTAGES ON KILLARY BAY Paul Henry Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$114,779 (€87,000) 2 WOUNDED PIGEON Louis le Brocquy Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$65,965 (€50,000) 3 ON THE BEARA PENINSULA John Kingerlee Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$47,495 (€36,000) 4 MASTER AUBREY LANE Walter Osborne Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$39,579 (€30,000) 5 STUDIOS PORTHMEOR AND PHYSICIANTOWN WITH PORTRAITS OF SELF AND JANIE Tony O'Malley Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$31,663 (€24,000) 6 BOLAND'S MILLS Harry Kernoff Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$29,025 (€22,000) 7 TWO STONES AND A BIRD Norah McGuinness Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$27,705 (€21,000) 8 DEEP SEA SAILORS , circa 1955 Markey Robinson Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$27,705 (€21,000) 9 PICNIC BY THE LAGAN Frank McKelvey Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$26,386 (€20,000) 10 THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN Robert Ballagh Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$26,386 (€20,000) 11 MICHAEL COLLINS and ARTHUR GRIFFITH (A PAIR) Sir John Lavery Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$26,386 (€20,000) 12 MAN LEANING ON A CAPITAL Seán Keating Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$25,067 (€19,000) 13 THE OLD RELIABLE Kenneth Webb Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$22,428 (€17,000) 14 ISOLATED CONCENTRATIONS - THREE MOVING FORMS George Campbell Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$21,109 (€16,000) 15 CATTLE GRAZING or AFTER THE MILKING Richard Moynan Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005$21,109 (€16,000)
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 2005 # Artist Total sold Priced sales Top result 1 Paul Henry Irish
$114,779 1 COTTAGES ON KILLARY BAY — $114,7792 Cecil Maguire British
$78,630 6 ERVALLAGH REMEMBERED — $19,7903 Louis le Brocquy Irish
$76,256 3 WOUNDED PIGEON — $65,9654 Markey Robinson British
$64,250 6 DEEP SEA SAILORS — $27,7055 Frank McKelvey Irish
$54,619 4 PICNIC BY THE LAGAN — $26,3866 Kenneth Webb British
$53,959 4 THE OLD RELIABLE — $22,4287 George Campbell Irish
$50,793 3 ISOLATED CONCENTRATIONS - THREE MOVING FORMS — $21,1098 Harry Kernoff British
$46,967 4 BOLAND'S MILLS — $29,0259 Norah McGuinness Irish
$42,481 4 TWO STONES AND A BIRD — $27,70510 Walter Osborne Irish
$39,579 1 MASTER AUBREY LANE — $39,579
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 John Kingerlee ON THE BEARA PENINSULA Whyte's $47,495 $9,307 (3 earlier) Markey Robinson DEEP SEA SAILORS Whyte's $27,705 $25,261 (121 earlier) Kenneth Webb THE OLD RELIABLE Whyte's $22,428 $11,734 (82 earlier) James Le Jeune A FRENCH MARKET TOWN Whyte's $19,790 $14,723 (7 earlier) Mark O'Neill SUMMER AL FRESCO Whyte's $17,151 $13,504 (18 earlier) Edwin Hayes ENTRANCE TO THE HOWTH HARBOUR FROM THE WEST Whyte's $13,853 $10,614 (7 earlier) Grace Henry HER DESTINY Whyte's $11,478 $9,860 (7 earlier) Frank Egginton A WET DAY, WESTCOVE, COUNTY KERRY Whyte's $10,159 $8,509 (18 earlier) John Behan PADDY MCGINTY'S GOAT Whyte's $7,916 $6,648 (9 earlier) Alexander Williams THE BAILEY LIGHTHOUSE, HOWTH Whyte's $7,256 $5,944 (19 earlier) Liam Treacy CORNER OF THE HARBOUR, ARKLOW Whyte's $5,805 $5,318 (8 earlier) Arthur Armstrong STILL LIFE WITH DARK HEAD Whyte's $5,541 $4,042 (7 earlier) Seán O'Sullivan PORTRAIT OF JACK B. YEATS Whyte's $5,541 $4,886 (3 earlier) James English THE BOW Whyte's $5,277 $3,192 (7 earlier) Ivan Sutton THE SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE ON THE CANAL GRANDE, VENICE Whyte's $5,277 $4,947 (16 earlier)
Auction houses this month Whyte's (233) Agra-Art (45) Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden (19)