Art auction market report: April 2005
In April 2005, ArtSell recorded 1,075 auction lots from 6 auction houses, of which 889 sold (83% sell-through). The 889 sales with a published price total $7,155,100, with a median of $2,938 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Jack Butler Yeats, “FORGIVE HIM”, at $266,111 (Whyte's). 15 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Lots offered
1,075
6 houses
Sold
889
83% sell-through
Total
$7.2M
889 priced sales
Median
$2.9k
priced sales
Top sales
Top American artists
Ranked by total of priced sales in the month; region from the artist’s recorded nationality.
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis A. Silva American | $171,250 | 1 | Long Branch Beach — $171,250 |
| 2 | William Wendt American | $169,250 | 2 | Winter – Mt. Rainier, Paradise Valley — $104,750 |
| 3 | Fern Coppedge American | $138,250 | 1 | The Canal Bridge, New Hope, Pennsylvania — $138,250 |
| 4 | Arthur Grover Rider American | $127,250 | 1 | Valencia Shores — $127,250 |
| 5 | Childe Hassam American | $110,500 | 1 | River Landscape — $110,500 |
| 6 | Walter Launt Palmer American | $93,250 | 1 | Sunlit Dell — $93,250 |
| 7 | Maurice Braun American | $86,500 | 3 | Springtime — $47,000 |
| 8 | Edgar Alwin Payne American | $76,000 | 1 | A High Sierra Lake — $76,000 |
| 9 | Christian von Schneidau American | $75,200 | 2 | Five O'clock Tea (A Portrait of Mrs. Elwood Riggs) — $52,875 |
| 10 | Granville Redmond American | $69,325 | 2 | Early Morning Mist — $39,950 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Butler Yeats Irish | $465,499 | 6 | FORGIVE HIM — $266,111 |
| 2 | Gerard Dillon Irish | $173,686 | 2 | GIRL HIDING — $171,349 |
| 3 | Harry Kernoff British | $140,974 | 6 | CURRAGHS, CONNEMARA — $77,886 |
| 4 | Frank McKelvey Irish | $130,070 | 5 | BY THE WATER PUMP — $77,886 |
| 5 | Daniel O'Neill Irish | $110,339 | 3 | HORSEMAN PASS BY — $64,905 |
| 6 | Paul Henry Irish | $95,410 | 2 | THREATNING RAIN — $80,482 |
| 7 | Jerzy Nowosielski Polish | $94,396 | 5 | Autostopowiczki — $41,355 |
| 8 | Edwin Hayes British | $79,963 | 4 | IRISH TRAWLERS IN DUBLIN BAY — $51,924 |
| 9 | Evie Hone Irish | $75,939 | 4 | STATIONS OF THE CROSS FOR KILTULLAGH CHURCH, COUNTY GALWAY (COMPLETE SET OF FOURTEEN) — $54,520 |
| 10 | Markey Robinson British | $69,838 | 5 | THE FRUITFUL EARTH — $25,962 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Butler Yeats | FORGIVE HIM Whyte's | $266,111 | $79,770 (28 earlier) |
| Gerard Dillon | GIRL HIDING Whyte's | $171,349 | $27,982 (26 earlier) |
| Harry Kernoff | CURRAGHS, CONNEMARA Whyte's | $77,886 | $42,793 (41 earlier) |
| Tadeusz Brzozowski | PRECYZER Agra-Art | $66,887 | $38,791 (26 earlier) |
| Daniel O'Neill | HORSEMAN PASS BY Whyte's | $64,905 | $45,171 (23 earlier) |
| Evie Hone | STATIONS OF THE CROSS FOR KILTULLAGH CHURCH, COUNTY GALWAY (COMPLETE SET OF FOURTEEN) Whyte's | $54,520 | $29,211 (24 earlier) |
| Edwin Hayes | IRISH TRAWLERS IN DUBLIN BAY Whyte's | $51,924 | $13,853 (9 earlier) |
| Charles Vincent Lamb | CARRYING THE CURRACH Whyte's | $41,539 | $19,642 (21 earlier) |
| Zdzisław Beksiński | Relief Agra-Art | $37,399 | $6,110 (46 earlier) |
| Mark O'Neill | THE MART Whyte's | $36,347 | $17,151 (21 earlier) |
| David Burliuk | Bridge Over Florida Waterway with Palm Tree Sloans & Kenyon | $31,000 | $6,000 (3 earlier) |
| American School | Untitled Sloans & Kenyon | $26,000 | $6,500 (25 earlier) |
| Nano Reid | CARD PLAYERS Whyte's | $25,962 | $19,287 (11 earlier) |
| Arthur K. Maderson | TOWARDS EVENING (LISMORE RIVER POOL) Whyte's | $20,770 | $11,778 (32 earlier) |
| Letitia Marion Hamilton | A GARDEN IN THE LIFFEY VALLEY Whyte's | $19,472 | $18,845 (29 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
Bonhams (318)Levis Fine Art Auctions (242)Sloans & Kenyon (200)Whyte's (175)Agra-Art (103)HAUS Galerii (37)