Home / Market reports / March 2007 Art auction market report: March 2007 In March 2007, ArtSell recorded 1,678 auction lots from 6 auction houses, of which 1,456 sold (87% sell-through). The 1,456 sales with a published price total $7,118,838, with a median of $2,397 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Carlo Mollino, “coffee table, model #1114”, at $180,000 (Wright). 15 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Lots offered
1,678
6 houses
Sold
1,456
87% sell-through
Total
$7.1M
1,456 priced sales
Top sales # Work Artist House · date Price 1 coffee table, model #1114 , c. 1950 Carlo Mollino Wright · Mar 25, 2007$180,000 2 Autoportret z Thanatosem (z meduzą) , 1920 Jacek Malczewski Agra-Art · Mar 18, 2007$142,491 (PLN 416,300) 3 untitled (Sonambient) , c. 1965 Harry Bertoia Wright · Mar 25, 2007$138,000 4 Targ w miasteczku pod Krakowem , 1908 Wladislaw Szerner Agra-Art · Mar 18, 2007$99,193 (PLN 289,800) 5 Nocą przez śniegi , 1880-1890 Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski Agra-Art · Mar 18, 2007$92,108 (PLN 269,100) 6 Gwiazda wieczorna , ok. 1900 Wilhelm Kotarbiński Agra-Art · Mar 18, 2007$90,533 (PLN 264,500) 7 Musikstunde , 1930 Gregorio Sciltian Ketterer Kunst · Mar 30, 2007$81,506 (€61,200) 8 Pod Austerlitz , ok. 1890 Jan Chełmiński Agra-Art · Mar 18, 2007$72,820 (PLN 212,750) 9 Łodzie rybackie (dwustronny) , 1918-1920 Mela - (Melania Mutermilch) Muter Agra-Art · Mar 18, 2007$66,916 (PLN 195,500) 10 custom ordered Rudder coffee table, model #IN-52 , c. 1945 Isamu Noguchi Wright · Mar 25, 2007$62,400 11 V krčme , okolo 1900 Hermann Kern SOGA · Mar 20, 2007$61,788 (€46,471) 12 Paradiesgarten, 98/6 , 1998 Wolfgang Mattheuer Ketterer Kunst · Mar 31, 2007$60,730 (€45,600) 13 MARTWA NATURA Z LANGUSTAMI , 1929-1930 Jankel Adler Agra-Art · Mar 18, 2007$51,171 (PLN 149,500) 14 custom dining table , 2000 Philippe Starck Wright · Mar 25, 2007$49,200 15 Miroir de la Tauromachie , 1990 Francis Bacon Ketterer Kunst · Mar 31, 2007$47,945 (€36,000)
Top American artists Ranked by total of priced sales in the month; region from the artist’s recorded nationality.
Top American artists, March 2007 # Artist Total sold Priced sales Top result 1 Harry Bertoia American
$207,000 4 untitled (Sonambient) — $138,0002 Isamu Noguchi American
$93,180 5 custom ordered Rudder coffee table, model #IN-52 — $62,4003 Tom Wesselmann American
$77,511 6 Big blonde with choker — $30,3654 Donald Deskey American
$70,470 13 chandelier from the Brown Palace Hotel — $36,0005 Frank Lloyd Wright American
$38,460 6 Junior Executive chair from Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma — $21,6006 Phillip Lloyd Powell American
$32,640 4 spindle-back sofa — $10,8007 Lyonel Feininger American
$23,173 2 Ships arriving — $14,3838 Robert Venturi American
$21,600 1 Queen Anne dining chairs, set of four — $21,6009 Jack Rogers Hopkins American
$18,000 1 custom lounge chair and ottoman — $18,00010 Donald Judd American
$18,000 1 Untitled, set of two prints — $18,000
Top European artists Top European artists, March 2007 # Artist Total sold Priced sales Top result 1 Carlo Mollino Italian
$180,000 1 coffee table, model #1114 — $180,0002 Jacek Malczewski Polish
$160,991 2 Autoportret z Thanatosem (z meduzą) — $142,4913 Wladislaw Szerner Polish
$99,193 1 Targ w miasteczku pod Krakowem — $99,1934 Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski Polish
$92,108 1 Nocą przez śniegi — $92,1085 Wilhelm Kotarbiński Polish
$90,533 1 Gwiazda wieczorna — $90,5336 Marc Chagall Belarusian
$84,782 11 Champs Élysées — $16,7817 Gregorio Sciltian Italian
$81,506 1 Musikstunde — $81,5068 Gio Ponti Italian
$78,420 8 Diamond flatware — $15,6009 Hermann Kern Hungarian
$74,807 2 V krčme — $61,78810 Jan Chełmiński Polish
$72,820 1 Pod Austerlitz — $72,820
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 Jacek Malczewski Autoportret z Thanatosem (z meduzą) Agra-Art $142,491 $93,107 (35 earlier) Harry Bertoia untitled (Sonambient) Wright $138,000 $62,400 (28 earlier) Jan Chełmiński Pod Austerlitz Agra-Art $72,820 $36,087 (13 earlier) Isamu Noguchi custom ordered Rudder coffee table, model #IN-52 Wright $62,400 $48,000 (8 earlier) Hermann Kern V krčme SOGA $61,788 $9,489 (3 earlier) Jankel Adler MARTWA NATURA Z LANGUSTAMI Agra-Art $51,171 $12,962 (4 earlier) Donald Deskey chandelier from the Brown Palace Hotel Wright $36,000 $3,600 (5 earlier) Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell Klassische Ideallandschaft mit Figurenstaffage Ketterer Kunst $29,566 $21,863 (4 earlier) Jerzy Duda-Gracz PANNA KWIECISTA Agra-Art $28,341 $22,323 (80 earlier) Edward Wormley Listen-To-Me chaise, model #4873 Wright $25,200 $12,000 (41 earlier) Karl Springer console from the Jean-Michel Frank series Wright $25,200 $19,200 (8 earlier) Adolf Luther Sphärisches Objekt Ketterer Kunst $20,776 $18,912 (12 earlier) Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Výjav z Barbizonu SOGA $20,522 $4,130 (10 earlier) Georg Jensen Cactus silverware Wright $16,800 $1,035 (4 earlier) Zofia Stryjeńska Przy ognisku Agra-Art $16,532 $7,310 (5 earlier)
Auction houses this month Ketterer Kunst (618) Wright (366) Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden (292) Agra-Art (197) SOGA (139) Levis Fine Art Auctions (66)