Art auction market report: January 2014
In January 2014, ArtSell recorded 1,006 auction lots from 8 auction houses, of which 776 sold (77% sell-through). The 776 sales with a published price total $2,800,949, with a median of $1,602 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Walasse Ting, “Floating Flowers.”, at $130,000 (Clarke Auction Gallery). 15 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
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 | Walasse Ting American | $130,000 | 1 | Floating Flowers. — $130,000 |
| 2 | Joseph Floch American | $35,925 | 1 | Franz Römer — $35,925 |
| 3 | Josef Hoffmann Austrian | $6,814 | 2 | Vase — $5,241 |
| 4 | Josef Scharl German | $6,500 | 1 | Josef Scharl, American/German, 1896-1954 — $6,500 |
| 5 | Wesley Webber American | $5,825 | 5 | Wesley Elbridge Webber, American - 1841 - 1914 — $2,500 |
| 6 | Ettore Caser American | $4,600 | 1 | Ettore Caser, Italian-American, 1880 - 1944 — $4,600 |
| 7 | Samuel Lancaster Gerry American | $4,100 | 2 | Samuel Lancaster Gerry, American - Massachusetts,1813 - 1891 — $2,200 |
| 8 | Charles Gordon Harris American | $4,000 | 1 | The salt marsh — $4,000 |
| 9 | Arbit Blatas American | $3,600 | 1 | The Blue Cup. — $3,600 |
| 10 | Frank Myers Boggs American | $3,125 | 1 | French street scene — $3,125 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josef Dobrowsky Austrian | $95,626 | 19 | Still life (oil painting and study) — $14,370 |
| 2 | Carry Hauser Austrian | $86,220 | 3 | Double portrait of the artist and his wife — $62,869 |
| 3 | Otto Muehl Austrian | $61,944 | 9 | Figure in green — $21,555 |
| 4 | Hans Staudacher Austrian | $53,888 | 1 | Untitled — $53,888 |
| 5 | Bartolomeo Giuliano Italian | $47,171 | 1 | Fisherwoman at the beach — $47,171 |
| 6 | Gottlieb Theodor Kempf von Hartenkampf Austrian | $45,888 | 6 | Beyond good and evil — $21,620 |
| 7 | Hans Makart Austrian | $43,677 | 1 | The kidnapping — $43,677 |
| 8 | Maximilian Lenz Austrian | $35,925 | 1 | Sommerlust — $35,925 |
| 9 | Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando Austrian | $32,131 | 8 | Der dritte Johannistrieb — $5,389 |
| 10 | Hilde Goldschmidt German | $31,255 | 5 | At the window — $8,083 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Staudacher | Untitled im Kinsky | $53,888 | $26,823 (22 earlier) |
| Themistokles von Eckenbrecher | Am Eismeer auf den Lofoten im Kinsky | $20,902 | $7,019 (7 earlier) |
| Christian Ludwig Attersee | Wanderwasser im Kinsky | $20,902 | $4,321 (9 earlier) |
| Edward Bawden | Untitled Sworders | $9,289 | $2,017 (9 earlier) |
| Joseph Wenglein | Cows at the watering place im Kinsky | $8,735 | $6,783 (6 earlier) |
| Albert Stagura | River landscape in winter im Kinsky | $5,030 | $1,690 (3 earlier) |
| Breon O'Casey | Untitled Sworders | $4,810 | $3,928 (6 earlier) |
| Adolf Frohner | Kopf 83 im Kinsky | $3,832 | $2,715 (3 earlier) |
| Ludwig Dill | Landscape along a river im Kinsky | $3,484 | $3,313 (4 earlier) |
| John Skeaping | Untitled Sworders | $1,360 | $704 (4 earlier) |
| David Carr | Untitled Sworders | $1,194 | $959 (28 earlier) |
| Grzegorz Lewacki | Portret Uranii Agra-Art | $1,120 | $596 (20 earlier) |
| William Ciccariello | Three Windows Bonhams | $688 | $313 (3 earlier) |
| Krzysztof Patalas | Coś nas łączy Agra-Art | $448 | $251 (8 earlier) |
| Denis Pannett | Windswept Beach, Littlehampton Toovey's | $265 | $235 (4 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
im Kinsky (424)Bonhams (146)Twents Veilinghuis (134)Clarke Auction Gallery (98)Agra-Art (61)Toovey's (50)Sworders (48)Van Ham (45)