Art auction market report: November 2024
In November 2024, ArtSell recorded 11,246 auction lots from 52 auction houses, of which 8,513 sold (76% sell-through). The 8,034 sales with a published price total $227,280,513, with a median of $2,241 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Jackson Pollock, “Untitled”, at $15,335,000 (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 | Jackson Pollock American | $15,335,000 | 1 | Untitled — $15,335,000 |
| 2 | Andy Warhol American | $7,375,125 | 24 | Self-Portrait — $3,448,000 |
| 3 | Cy Twombly American | $6,164,563 | 2 | Crimes of Passion I — $6,110,000 |
| 4 | Jeff Koons American | $3,729,462 | 6 | Two Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J Silver Series) — $3,569,000 |
| 5 | Keith Haring American | $2,904,480 | 7 | Untitled — $2,238,000 |
| 6 | Elizabeth Peyton American | $2,666,950 | 4 | Kurt (sunglasses) — $2,359,000 |
| 7 | Jean-Michel Basquiat American | $2,550,729 | 3 | Untitled — $1,270,000 |
| 8 | Ed Ruscha American | $1,510,865 | 8 | Howl — $1,481,750 |
| 9 | Derek Fordjour American | $1,384,300 | 2 | Twelve Tribes — $1,143,000 |
| 10 | Alexander Calder American | $1,283,294 | 15 | Cornucopia — $520,700 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Beckmann German | $7,878,691 | 5 | Quappi mit grünem Sonnenschirm — $5,690,572 |
| 2 | Pablo Picasso Spanish | $4,369,721 | 36 | Buste d'homme — $3,085,000 |
| 3 | Theodor Kittelsen Norwegian | $3,360,357 | 2 | Kvitebjørn kong Valemon — $3,243,240 |
| 4 | Claude Monet French | $3,206,623 | 1 | Mer agitée à Pourville — $3,206,623 |
| 5 | Alighiero Boetti Italian | $3,085,000 | 1 | Mappa — $3,085,000 |
| 6 | Josef Šíma French | $2,517,306 | 3 | Earth — $2,483,309 |
| 7 | Nicolas Party Swiss | $1,768,435 | 1 | Mountains — $1,768,435 |
| 8 | Lynette Yiadom Boakye British | $1,754,000 | 1 | Watcher — $1,754,000 |
| 9 | Georg Baselitz German | $1,549,811 | 5 | schön gelb — $937,184 |
| 10 | Pierre Soulages French | $1,457,683 | 3 | Peinture 202 x 143 cm, 25 septembre 1967 — $1,426,315 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Pollock | Untitled Phillips | $15,335,000 | $466,200 (22 earlier) |
| Theodor Kittelsen | Kvitebjørn kong Valemon Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner | $3,243,240 | $511,392 (118 earlier) |
| Alighiero Boetti | Mappa Phillips | $3,085,000 | $1,805,000 (117 earlier) |
| Josef Šíma | Earth Galerie Kodl | $2,483,309 | $1,128,096 (44 earlier) |
| Elizabeth Peyton | Kurt (sunglasses) Phillips | $2,359,000 | $1,206,500 (90 earlier) |
| Lynette Yiadom Boakye | Watcher Phillips | $1,754,000 | $1,204,436 (24 earlier) |
| Derek Fordjour | Twelve Tribes Phillips | $1,143,000 | $889,000 (18 earlier) |
| Mary Cassatt | Sara, with Bonnet Streamers Loose, Feeding Her Dog Phillips | $914,400 | $784,000 (38 earlier) |
| Bronwyn Oliver | Tide (2000) Smith & Singer | $795,494 | $552,009 (14 earlier) |
| Claes Oldenburg | 24 Open-Faced Sandwiches Phillips | $793,750 | $380,472 (349 earlier) |
| Lavinia Fontana | Die Schmuck-Wahl Van Ham | $639,564 | $77,696 (4 earlier) |
| Miyoko Ito | Kachina Rago Auctions | $560,700 | $277,200 (4 earlier) |
| Steven Parrino | "Lucifer's Hammer" Van Ham | $556,037 | $334,278 (15 earlier) |
| Václav Špála | Rapids on the Orlice River Galerie Kodl | $541,992 | $538,560 (124 earlier) |
| José Rizal | Josephine Sleeping León Gallery | $532,669 | $355,656 (19 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
Phillips (808)Van Ham (700)Toomey & Co. (602)Lempertz (594)Pandolfini (535)Rago Auctions (501)Artmark (487)Bonhams (483)Morton Subastas (441)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (424)DuMouchelles (419)Bertolami Fine Art (419)Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden (418)Morgan O'Driscoll (275)Levis Fine Art Auctions (273)Grisebach (268)Strauss & Co (253)Sloans & Kenyon (217)Sworders (204)Galerie Kodl (203)deVeres (192)Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny (167)Jackson's International Auctioneers (155)Wright (148)Maison Bibelot (146)León Gallery (144)Capitolium Art (140)HAUS Galerii (137)Circle Auction (126)Menzies (123)Crocker Farm (113)Cottone Auctions (108)Clarke Auction Gallery (92)Art+Object (82)Elstob & Elstob (82)Leonard Joel (75)SOGA (74)Bolsa de Arte (73)Toovey's (70)Smith & Singer (69)Austin Auction Gallery (66)Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner (61)Agra-Art (60)Bogotá Auctions (56)Hessink's Auctions (54)Art Auction East Africa (43)Haynault (26)Blindarte (19)Michaan's Auctions (15)Olympia Auctions (4)Lawrences Auctioneers (1)Sheffield Auction Gallery (1)