Art auction market report: July 2007
In July 2007, ArtSell recorded 666 auction lots from 5 auction houses, of which 544 sold (82% sell-through). The 544 sales with a published price total $35,333,617, with a median of $7,560 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Charles Marion Russell, “Blackfeet Burning Crow Buffalo Range”, at $2,912,000 (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction). 15 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Lots offered
666
5 houses
Sold
544
82% sell-through
Total
$35M
544 priced sales
Median
$7.6k
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 | Charles Marion Russell American | $8,966,160 | 15 | Blackfeet Burning Crow Buffalo Range — $2,912,000 |
| 2 | N. C. Wyeth American | $2,716,000 | 2 | Wild Bill Hickok at Cards — $2,240,000 |
| 3 | Frank Tenney Johnson American | $2,340,800 | 4 | Silent Night — $1,120,000 |
| 4 | Joseph Henry Sharp American | $1,500,800 | 13 | Hunting Son — $268,800 |
| 5 | Mary Cassatt American | $795,200 | 2 | Baby Bill Standing on His Mother's Lap — $784,000 |
| 6 | Howard Terpning American | $789,600 | 3 | The Victors — $582,400 |
| 7 | Frederic Remington American | $784,000 | 3 | The Broncho Buster #10 — $560,000 |
| 8 | John Clymer American | $750,400 | 5 | Buffalo — $291,200 |
| 9 | Bob Kuhn American | $711,200 | 6 | Lion on the Desert — $201,600 |
| 10 | Carl Rungius American | $605,960 | 12 | Moose in Marshland — $135,000 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Signac French | $2,912,000 | 1 | Le Pont de la Félicité, Asnières — $2,912,000 |
| 2 | Maurice de Vlaminck French | $313,600 | 1 | Le Pont sur la Seine á Châtou — $313,600 |
| 3 | David Shepherd British | $310,800 | 3 | The Elephant and the Ant Hill — $156,800 |
| 4 | Eugène Louis Boudin French | $201,600 | 1 | The Somme at Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme — $201,600 |
| 5 | Johan Jongkind Dutch | $72,800 | 2 | Canal and Bridge — $61,600 |
| 6 | Eugène Verboeckhoven Belgian | $72,800 | 1 | Sheep and Goats by a Barn — $72,800 |
| 7 | Joseph Bartholomew Kidd British | $54,880 | 3 | Bewick's Wren — $19,040 |
| 8 | Édouard Cortès French | $53,200 | 1 | Place du Parvis, Notre Dame — $53,200 |
| 9 | Oskar Kokoschka Austrian | $39,200 | 1 | Fleurs — $39,200 |
| 10 | Birger Sandzén Swedish | $35,840 | 2 | Kansas Landscape — $28,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Signac | Le Pont de la Félicité, Asnières Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $2,912,000 | $38,125 (10 earlier) |
| Frank Tenney Johnson | Silent Night Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $1,120,000 | $392,000 (11 earlier) |
| Maurice de Vlaminck | Le Pont sur la Seine á Châtou Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $313,600 | $109,144 (19 earlier) |
| Sydney Laurence | Mount McKinley from the Tokositna River Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $235,200 | $224,000 (15 earlier) |
| Gerard Curtis Delano | The Smoke Signal Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $224,000 | $201,600 (5 earlier) |
| William Robinson Leigh | Sentinel of the Plains Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $224,000 | $33,600 (4 earlier) |
| Carl Oscar Borg | A Knight of the West Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $212,800 | $8,400 (5 earlier) |
| Bob Kuhn | Lion on the Desert Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $201,600 | $123,200 (3 earlier) |
| Ralph Albert Blakelock | Encampment on the Upper Missouri Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $201,600 | $10,755 (6 earlier) |
| Marie Laurencin | Woman with Mandolin Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $190,400 | $14,522 (8 earlier) |
| William Acheff | This Song's For You Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $145,600 | $78,400 (5 earlier) |
| Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner | The Posse Rode Fast Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $134,400 | $89,600 (6 earlier) |
| Edward Henry Potthast | Rockaway Beach Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $134,400 | $35,850 (3 earlier) |
| Robert Griffing | The Best Way Out is Up Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $112,000 | $89,600 (4 earlier) |
| Clyde Aspevig | Grand Canyon Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $89,600 | $56,000 (4 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
Coeur d'Alene Art Auction (300)Sloans & Kenyon (171)Ketterer Kunst (107)Agra-Art (46)Art+Object (42)