Art auction market report: September 2021

In September 2021, ArtSell recorded 6,963 auction lots from 36 auction houses, of which 5,395 sold (77% sell-through). The 5,391 sales with a published price total $105,187,655, with a median of $1,950 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Paul Cézanne, “Pot à gingembre avec fruits et nappe”, at $3,233,100 (Kornfeld). 15 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.

Lots offered

6,963

36 houses

Sold

5,395

77% sell-through

Total

$105M

5,391 priced sales

Median

$1.9k

priced sales

Top sales

#	Work	Artist	House · date	Price
1	Pot à gingembre avec fruits et nappe	Paul Cézanne	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$3,233,100 (CHF 3,000,000)
2	Nature morte portugaise, 1916	Robert Delaunay	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$3,233,100 (CHF 3,000,000)
3	Green, 1952	Sam Francis	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$2,155,400 (CHF 2,000,000)
4	Buste d’Homme (New York II)	Alberto Giacometti	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$1,832,090 (CHF 1,700,000)
5	Stillleben mit gelber und weisser Kanne	Alexej von Jawlensky	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$1,778,205 (CHF 1,650,000)
6	Verre et Bouteille (FOURRURES), Winter 1913/1914	Georges Braque	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$1,616,550 (CHF 1,500,000)
7	La fête au village	Marc Chagall	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$1,616,550 (CHF 1,500,000)
8	Winterlandschaft, 1903	Cuno Amiet	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$1,508,780 (CHF 1,400,000)
9	Composition abstraite	Serge Poliakoff	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$1,293,240 (CHF 1,200,000)
10	Egg Vendors	Anita Magsaysay-Ho	León Gallery · Sep 11, 2021	$1,241,175 (₱61,904,000)
11	Singing Beach & Eagle Rock, Magnolia, Massachusetts	John Frederick Kensett	Cottone Auctions · Sep 18, 2021	$1,080,000
12	Mohn und Rosen	Emil Nolde	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$1,023,815 (CHF 950,000)
13	Trzy figury kroczące (Vancouver ancestors), 2006	Magdalena Abakanowicz	Polswiss Art · Sep 28, 2021	$885,150 (PLN 3,500,000)
14	Adam und Eva, 1504	Albrecht Durer	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$862,160 (CHF 800,000)
15	Zügenstrasse	Ernst Ludwig Kirchner	Kornfeld · Sep 17, 2021	$862,160 (CHF 800,000)

Top American artists

Ranked by total of priced sales in the month; region from the artist’s recorded nationality.

Top American artists, September 2021
#	Artist	Total sold	Priced sales	Top result
1	Sam Francis American	$2,610,736	25	Green — $2,155,400
2	John Frederick Kensett American	$1,080,000	1	Singing Beach & Eagle Rock, Magnolia, Massachusetts — $1,080,000
3	Kaws American	$703,995	6	THE GREAT BELOW — $529,200
4	Andy Warhol American	$332,784	8	Monkey — $187,500
5	Salman Toor American	$302,400	1	Girl with Beggar — $302,400
6	Titus Kaphar American	$283,500	3	Jerome X — $100,800
7	Eddie Martinez American	$253,249	4	Yours for the Taking — $201,600
8	George Condo American	$252,155	5	Untitled — $163,800
9	Phillip Lloyd Powell American	$218,800	16	New Hope lounge chairs, pair — $43,750
10	Peter Voulkos American	$196,175	4	Untitled (Stack) — $168,750

Top European artists

Top European artists, September 2021
#	Artist	Total sold	Priced sales	Top result
1	Marc Chagall Belarusian	$13,359,972	83	La fête au village — $1,616,550
2	Cuno Amiet Swiss	$3,882,764	33	Winterlandschaft — $1,508,780
3	Paul Cézanne French	$3,233,537	2	Pot à gingembre avec fruits et nappe — $3,233,100
4	Robert Delaunay French	$3,233,100	1	Nature morte portugaise — $3,233,100
5	Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German	$3,223,031	49	Zügenstrasse — $862,160
6	Paul Klee Swiss	$3,059,643	10	Transparent-perspectivisch — $862,160
7	Pablo Picasso Spanish	$2,577,670	65	Nature morte cubiste — $484,965
8	Käthe Kollwitz German	$2,244,806	22	Selbstbildnis en face — $786,721
9	Alberto Giacometti Swiss	$2,190,263	18	Buste d’Homme (New York II) — $1,832,090
10	Alexej von Jawlensky Russian	$1,778,205	1	Stillleben mit gelber und weisser Kanne — $1,778,205

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 Cézanne	Pot à gingembre avec fruits et nappe Kornfeld	$3,233,100	$494,145 (47 earlier)
Robert Delaunay	Nature morte portugaise Kornfeld	$3,233,100	$505,126 (11 earlier)
Alexej von Jawlensky	Stillleben mit gelber und weisser Kanne Kornfeld	$1,778,205	$1,314,729 (172 earlier)
Georges Braque	Verre et Bouteille (FOURRURES) Kornfeld	$1,616,550	$1,295,703 (360 earlier)
Cuno Amiet	Winterlandschaft Kornfeld	$1,508,780	$1,485,182 (51 earlier)
Serge Poliakoff	Composition abstraite Kornfeld	$1,293,240	$654,071 (269 earlier)
Anita Magsaysay-Ho	Egg Vendors León Gallery	$1,241,175	$1,161,576 (80 earlier)
John Frederick Kensett	Singing Beach & Eagle Rock, Magnolia, Massachusetts Cottone Auctions	$1,080,000	$560,000 (10 earlier)
Magdalena Abakanowicz	Trzy figury kroczące (Vancouver ancestors) Polswiss Art	$885,150	$625,598 (65 earlier)
Albrecht Durer	Adam und Eva Kornfeld	$862,160	$135,648 (230 earlier)
Alfred Sisley	Chantier à Saint-Mammès Kornfeld	$808,275	$410,360 (4 earlier)
Käthe Kollwitz	Selbstbildnis en face Kornfeld	$786,721	$496,344 (415 earlier)
Augusto Giacometti	Stampa V Kornfeld	$700,505	$133,367 (5 earlier)
Giovanni Giacometti	Autunno – Bergdorf mit Schafen Kornfeld	$625,066	$345,774 (32 earlier)
Francisco Goya	Los Toros de Burdeos – The Bulls of Bordeaux – Die Stiere von Bordeaux Kornfeld	$517,296	$26,699 (17 earlier)

Auction houses this month

Kornfeld (1,080)Rago Auctions (885)Pananti (480)Artmark (381)Phillips (325)Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden (288)Van Ham (266)Wright (266)Pandolfini (250)Helmuth Stone Gallery (235)Toomey & Co. (233)Morgan O'Driscoll (219)Levis Fine Art Auctions (212)Davidson Auctions (210)Brunk Auctions (174)Whyte's (153)León Gallery (152)Clarke Auction Gallery (140)Sloans & Kenyon (135)Sworders (119)Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny (94)deVeres (92)Morton Subastas (87)Strauss & Co (80)Agra-Art (63)Cottone Auctions (59)Michaan's Auctions (58)Menzies (54)Bolsa de Arte (54)Polswiss Art (50)Leonard Joel (48)Bid & Hammer (10)Bogotá Auctions (4)Grisebach (4)Jackson's International Auctioneers (2)Lyon & Turnbull (1)