Art auction market report: July 2021
In July 2021, ArtSell recorded 7,313 auction lots from 31 auction houses, of which 5,442 sold (74% sell-through). The 5,250 sales with a published price total $48,900,328, with a median of $1,345 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Andy Warhol, “Flowers”, at $1,874,598 (Phillips). 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 | Charles Marion Russell American | $3,234,308 | 16 | Roping a Wolf — $1,770,000 |
| 2 | Andy Warhol American | $2,063,056 | 11 | Flowers — $1,874,598 |
| 3 | E. Irving Couse American | $1,008,535 | 7 | The New Rug — $484,000 |
| 4 | Oscar E. Berninghaus American | $960,135 | 5 | The Domain of Their Ancestors — $847,000 |
| 5 | Walter Ufer American | $665,500 | 1 | Greasewood and Sage — $665,500 |
| 6 | Frederic Remington American | $640,410 | 4 | The Borderland of the Other Tribe (ca. 1897) — $393,250 |
| 7 | Kaws American | $566,790 | 5 | UNTITLED (C3PO) — $488,628 |
| 8 | Maynard Dixon American | $484,000 | 7 | Indian and Soldier (The Indian of Yesterday) — $145,200 |
| 9 | John Clymer American | $474,925 | 3 | Thundering Hoofs — $363,000 |
| 10 | Philip Russell Goodwin American | $453,750 | 1 | Hitting the Trail — $453,750 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfons Walde Austrian | $991,930 | 5 | Kirchenstiege — $752,897 |
| 2 | Banksy British | $539,016 | 7 | Love is in the air — $296,667 |
| 3 | Christoph Maucher German | $383,793 | 1 | An important amber altarpiece from the treasury of Einsiedeln Abbey — $383,793 |
| 4 | Hermann Nitsch Austrian | $332,284 | 9 | Schüttbild — $109,146 |
| 5 | Arnulf Rainer Austrian | $236,227 | 14 | Vain bird — $95,189 |
| 6 | Javier Calleja Spanish | $229,312 | 5 | Hi — $89,141 |
| 7 | Pierre-Auguste Renoir French | $221,809 | 5 | Landscape in Provence with olive trees — $151,526 |
| 8 | Gustav Klimt Austrian | $218,435 | 4 | Reading or singing female figure from the front (study related to the Stoclet Frieze) — $100,007 |
| 9 | Invader French | $211,975 | 3 | TK-64 — $105,348 |
| 10 | Hans Staudacher Austrian | $202,719 | 19 | Fahrt ins Blaue — $39,065 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfons Walde | Kirchenstiege im Kinsky | $752,897 | $617,085 (106 earlier) |
| Philip Russell Goodwin | Hitting the Trail Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $453,750 | $292,500 (54 earlier) |
| Josh Smith | Untitled Phillips | $296,667 | $93,750 (70 earlier) |
| Edmund Henry Osthaus | Two Hunting Dogs Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $242,000 | $66,000 (26 earlier) |
| Herman W. Hansen | Attack on the Stagecoach Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $157,300 | $67,200 (11 earlier) |
| Peter Hurd | The Eve of St. John Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $157,300 | $107,100 (16 earlier) |
| Joan Cornellà | Untitled #1 Phillips | $129,659 | $45,427 (3 earlier) |
| Peder Mørk Mønsted | Spring day at the forest stream im Kinsky | $101,463 | $38,528 (6 earlier) |
| Anto Carte | Bouquet de fleurs Lempertz | $64,950 | $267 (3 earlier) |
| Josef Stoitzner | Sea view in Capri im Kinsky | $64,067 | $45,408 (26 earlier) |
| Joseph Gabriel Rousseau | Arbre Table Lamp Bonhams | $59,063 | $9,737 (16 earlier) |
| Hans Op de Beeck | Modern Family House Phillips | $55,843 | $48,500 (7 earlier) |
| Robert Bateman | Evening Light – American Elk Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $54,450 | $43,875 (26 earlier) |
| Joos van Craesbeeck | Merry Company Lempertz | $53,141 | $6,830 (4 earlier) |
| Simphiwe Ndzube | Figure With a Whip Leg Phillips | $52,353 | $12,087 (3 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
León Gallery (804)im Kinsky (793)Artmark (546)Rago Auctions (393)Phillips (376)Coeur d'Alene Art Auction (374)Pananti (360)Van Sabben Poster Auctions (358)Twents Veilinghuis (340)Capitolium Art (329)Wright (325)Bonhams (263)Ravenel (249)Pandolfini (240)Davidson Auctions (232)Maison Bibelot (153)Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny (148)Lyon & Turnbull (144)Sworders (127)Leonard Joel (118)Brunk Auctions (116)Clarke Auction Gallery (112)Sloans & Kenyon (112)Lempertz (71)Morton Subastas (66)Strauss & Co (57)Agra-Art (47)Grisebach (33)Michaan's Auctions (23)Jackson's International Auctioneers (2)Bid & Hammer (2)