Art auction market report: January 2025
In January 2025, ArtSell recorded 5,900 auction lots from 33 auction houses, of which 4,692 sold (80% sell-through). The 4,681 sales with a published price total $18,695,049, with a median of $1,040 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Andy Warhol, “Campbell's Soup II”, at $381,000 (Rago Auctions). 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 | Andy Warhol American | $860,547 | 47 | Campbell's Soup II — $381,000 |
| 2 | Miyoko Ito American | $304,800 | 1 | Untitled Landscape — $304,800 |
| 3 | Claire Falkenstein American | $285,750 | 2 | Untitled (Point as Set) — $203,200 |
| 4 | Ed Ruscha American | $186,418 | 17 | History Kids, from Mountain Prints — $75,084 |
| 5 | Jonas Wood American | $184,118 | 3 | Four Majors — $172,068 |
| 6 | Roy Lichtenstein American | $174,423 | 17 | Composition III — $52,000 |
| 7 | Mel Bochner American | $151,733 | 2 | Amazing — $101,677 |
| 8 | Jasper Johns American | $138,476 | 3 | Corpse and Mirror (U.L.A.E. 169) — $125,141 |
| 9 | Ulysses Davis American | $129,500 | 8 | Three-Headed Representational Totem — $24,000 |
| 10 | Kaws American | $126,975 | 4 | UPS AND DOWNS — $54,749 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banksy British | $327,503 | 5 | Flower Thrower Triptych (Grey) — $148,605 |
| 2 | Joshua Reynolds British | $320,914 | 1 | MRS HARTLEY AS A NYMPH WITH THE YOUNG BACCHUS — $320,914 |
| 3 | Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski Polish | $315,620 | 2 | Sanna, przed 1912 r. — $213,727 |
| 4 | Cesare Dandini Italian | $305,644 | 1 | ALLEGORIA DELLA COMMEDIA E DELLA PITTURA — $305,644 |
| 5 | Damien Hirst British | $264,028 | 21 | Ellipticine — $28,157 |
| 6 | David Hockney British | $145,776 | 9 | The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 17 May — $65,699 |
| 7 | Henry de Triqueti French | $143,782 | 1 | MOTHER AND CHILD — $143,782 |
| 8 | Gerhard Richter German | $133,588 | 7 | Goldberg-Variationen (Goldberg Variations), from Hommage à Cladders (B. 60) — $62,570 |
| 9 | Heinz Mack German | $132,232 | 2 | Dynamic Structure — $127,000 |
| 10 | Pablo Picasso Spanish | $128,047 | 26 | Nu assis (Seated Nude) (Bl. 1086, Ba. 1330) — $18,771 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Reynolds | MRS HARTLEY AS A NYMPH WITH THE YOUNG BACCHUS Lyon & Turnbull | $320,914 | $4,536 (19 earlier) |
| Claire Falkenstein | Untitled (Point as Set) Rago Auctions | $203,200 | $201,600 (123 earlier) |
| Manoucher Yektai | Untitled DuMouchelles | $75,000 | $48,685 (7 earlier) |
| George Romney | EMMA HAMILTON AS MIRANDA Lyon & Turnbull | $70,486 | $54,891 (21 earlier) |
| Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers Pottery | Wally-bird tobacco jar Rago Auctions | $50,800 | $35,000 (6 earlier) |
| Duncan Grant | STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS Lyon & Turnbull | $43,000 | $25,500 (35 earlier) |
| Roger Fry | THE DANCERS, c.1910 Lyon & Turnbull | $43,000 | $23,298 (9 earlier) |
| Jere Osgood | Spring occasional tables, pair Rago Auctions | $35,560 | $16,250 (4 earlier) |
| Charles Umlauf | Saint Michael and Lucifer Austin Auction Gallery | $28,000 | $14,000 (8 earlier) |
| Dieter Rams | Hi-Fi Wall Unit stereo system Wright | $23,760 | $13,750 (13 earlier) |
| Eileen Agar | LEDA AND THE SWAN Lyon & Turnbull | $23,088 | $2,557 (3 earlier) |
| Adrian Allinson | Girl at the window Bonhams | $23,040 | $4,397 (5 earlier) |
| Wheatley Pottery | Monumental and Rare vase with dragonflies Rago Auctions | $20,320 | $4,410 (9 earlier) |
| Adrien Étienne Gaudez | PAIR OF BRONZE BUSTS OF TURKISH PRINCESSES Lyon & Turnbull | $20,010 | $5,181 (29 earlier) |
| Juan Arellano | Untitled León Gallery | $14,408 | $10,565 (5 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
Bonhams (590)Van Ham (511)Morton Subastas (420)León Gallery (398)Lyon & Turnbull (395)Twents Veilinghuis (355)Rago Auctions (327)Artmark (318)Wright (305)Morgan O'Driscoll (255)Phillips (245)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (203)Clarke Auction Gallery (194)DuMouchelles (186)Sworders (178)Pandolfini (142)Bertolami Fine Art (138)Austin Auction Gallery (136)Toomey & Co. (135)Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny (82)Lawrences Auctioneers (57)Toovey's (48)Sloans & Kenyon (46)Vogt Auction (45)Grisebach (41)Brunk Auctions (31)Crocker Farm (28)Elstob & Elstob (27)Michaan's Auctions (22)Abell Auction Company (20)Cottone Auctions (19)Palm Beach Modern Auctions (2)Sheffield Auction Gallery (1)