Art auction market report: July 2018
In July 2018, ArtSell recorded 3,646 auction lots from 17 auction houses, of which 2,190 sold (60% sell-through). The 2,190 sales with a published price total $16,864,454, with a median of $767 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Alfred Jacob Miller, “The Thirsty Trapper”, at $1,715,000 (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction). 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 | Howard Terpning American | $1,928,150 | 4 | Dust of Many Pony Soldiers — $819,000 |
| 2 | Alfred Jacob Miller American | $1,768,550 | 2 | The Thirsty Trapper — $1,715,000 |
| 3 | E. Irving Couse American | $602,140 | 5 | Night Birds ( circa 1923) — $238,000 |
| 4 | Henry Farny American | $535,500 | 1 | Pastures New — $535,500 |
| 5 | Edgar Alwin Payne American | $529,550 | 2 | Solitude's Enchantment — $476,000 |
| 6 | William Robinson Leigh American | $478,975 | 4 | West Virginia Woodchopper [or] West Virginia Farm Boy — $297,500 |
| 7 | Sydney Laurence American | $442,085 | 13 | Going to the Potlach ( circa 1929) — $101,150 |
| 8 | Clark Hulings American | $368,900 | 2 | Grand Canyon — $202,300 |
| 9 | Bob Kuhn American | $354,025 | 6 | Marking the Territory — $142,800 |
| 10 | Frederic Remington American | $342,125 | 4 | The Mountain Man , Casting #36 ( circa 1918) — $154,700 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Shepherd British | $163,030 | 9 | Lions with Buffalo Kill — $47,600 |
| 2 | Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz Polish | $80,787 | 3 | Portret męski, IV 1929 r. — $28,514 |
| 3 | Montague Dawson British | $59,500 | 1 | The Royal Dane — $59,500 |
| 4 | Wilhelm Kuhnert German | $59,500 | 1 | Old Loner — $59,500 |
| 5 | Joan Miró Spanish | $59,285 | 9 | Untitled — $28,485 |
| 6 | Imi Knoebel German | $40,000 | 1 | Kinderstern — $40,000 |
| 7 | Edward Okuń Polish | $33,945 | 1 | Apoteoza Jesieni, 1916 r — $33,945 |
| 8 | Pablo Picasso Spanish | $33,518 | 4 | Footballeur — $26,250 |
| 9 | Wojciech Gerson Polish | $30,949 | 5 | Portret kobiety, 1891 r. — $29,872 |
| 10 | Mario Giacomelli Italian | $28,500 | 2 | Io non ho mani che mi accarezzano il viso — $20,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Jacob Miller | The Thirsty Trapper Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $1,715,000 | $380,250 (12 earlier) |
| Henry Farny | Pastures New Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $535,500 | $468,000 (24 earlier) |
| Edgar Alwin Payne | Solitude's Enchantment Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $476,000 | $402,500 (218 earlier) |
| Laverne Nelson Black | Along the Old Trail Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $238,000 | $175,500 (20 earlier) |
| Peter Hurd | The Horse Wrangler Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $107,100 | $50,575 (9 earlier) |
| Logan Maxwell Hagege | Before the Cold Winds Come Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $95,200 | $58,500 (5 earlier) |
| Frank B. Hoffman | A Friendly Conversation Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $89,250 | $71,400 (36 earlier) |
| Pedro Friedeberg | settee Wright | $62,500 | $20,000 (30 earlier) |
| Frederick Arthur Verner | Grazing Buffalo Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $56,525 | $15,210 (25 earlier) |
| Frank Stick | A Critical Moment Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $44,625 | $39,200 (20 earlier) |
| Tom Browning | Downhill Run Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $29,750 | $22,230 (3 earlier) |
| Earle E. Heikka | Quartz Ore Wagon Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $29,750 | $15,210 (7 earlier) |
| Jacob Epstein | Rabindranath Tagore (1926) Smith & Singer | $26,906 | $13,494 (17 earlier) |
| Joe Beeler | The Trail Boss Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $26,775 | $25,740 (24 earlier) |
| Jay Moore | Odessa Lake Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $26,775 | $19,890 (7 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
Pananti (562)León Gallery (472)Art+Object (415)Twents Veilinghuis (369)Coeur d'Alene Art Auction (297)Whyte's (276)Helmuth Stone Gallery (245)Sloans & Kenyon (193)Wright (190)Brunk Auctions (132)Crocker Farm (126)Clarke Auction Gallery (108)Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny (74)Toovey's (63)Smith & Singer (51)Bonhams (47)Leonard Joel (26)