Art auction market report: April 2025
In April 2025, ArtSell recorded 10,233 auction lots from 49 auction houses, of which 7,524 sold (74% sell-through). The 7,214 sales with a published price total $76,716,089, with a median of $1,905 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Arthur Boyd, “Bride in Hibiscus Bush (1958)”, at $1,078,191 (Smith & Singer). 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 | $1,969,346 | 35 | Double Mickey Mouse (F. & S. 269) — $635,000 |
| 2 | Paul Manship American | $1,733,470 | 3 | Diana — $914,900 |
| 3 | Maynard Dixon American | $1,466,829 | 61 | Desert Rocks No. 2 / Camelback Mountain — $152,100 |
| 4 | Thomas Moran American | $1,409,300 | 3 | On the Hance Trail-Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Arizona — $725,400 |
| 5 | Frank Tenney Johnson American | $1,265,900 | 3 | Mountain Meadows — $914,900 |
| 6 | James Earle Fraser American | $749,800 | 1 | The End of the Trail — $749,800 |
| 7 | Howard Terpning American | $742,950 | 4 | Making a Stand — $269,100 |
| 8 | Joseph Henry Sharp American | $737,100 | 4 | Wind River Country - Wyo — $362,700 |
| 9 | N. C. Wyeth American | $680,450 | 2 | "Who's afraid of his guns?" shouted McFarlane. "He daren't shoot in a square fight!" (Colts 45) — $572,000 |
| 10 | Isamu Noguchi American | $637,395 | 33 | Rare and Important coffee table — $444,500 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur Boyd British | $1,807,644 | 8 | Bride in Hibiscus Bush (1958) — $1,078,191 |
| 2 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh British | $504,360 | 9 | SUITE OF CUTLERY, 1902 — $232,350 |
| 3 | Gio Ponti Italian | $464,836 | 23 | Unique desk, from Casa Ceccato, Milan — $93,264 |
| 4 | Ettore Sottsass Italian | $384,593 | 20 | Early and rare lidded jar — $161,092 |
| 5 | Gerhard Richter German | $349,119 | 12 | Park — $139,504 |
| 6 | Pablo Picasso Spanish | $341,115 | 33 | Jacqueline au chapeau de paille (Jacqueline with the Straw Hat) (Bl. 1073, Ba. 1281) — $76,200 |
| 7 | David Hockney British | $332,286 | 13 | An Image of Gregory, from Moving Focus (T. 285, M.C.A.T. 276) — $139,700 |
| 8 | Tony Cragg British | $246,818 | 2 | Runner — $246,183 |
| 9 | Guglielmo Ulrich Italian | $228,920 | 8 | Sofa — $66,132 |
| 10 | Maurice Marinot French | $225,920 | 8 | Flacon Meplat with Stopper — $44,800 |
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 Manship | Diana Bonhams | $914,900 | $727,500 (17 earlier) |
| John Russell | Vue de la Seine, Bougival View of the Seine, Bougival, Spring (1887) Smith & Singer | $892,296 | $702,031 (24 earlier) |
| Winold Reiss | Falling Over the Bank Bonhams | $575,000 | $313,600 (32 earlier) |
| G. Harvey | The American Dream Scottsdale Art Auction | $374,400 | $292,500 (99 earlier) |
| Emily Kame Kngwarreye | Awelye 1996 (also known as Awelye - My Story and Emily's Story ) Menzies | $353,790 | $280,303 (83 earlier) |
| Arthur Dove | Yours Truly Bonhams | $254,500 | $43,750 (12 earlier) |
| Carol Jerrems | Vale Street 1975 Smith & Singer | $163,588 | $83,145 (3 earlier) |
| Tiit Pääsuke | Rahvariie III (Mustjala ainetel) HAUS Galerii | $151,048 | $76,195 (9 earlier) |
| A. J. Casson | White Pine Levis Fine Art Auctions | $134,952 | $39,221 (91 earlier) |
| Ed Mell | Western Bronc Scottsdale Art Auction | $122,850 | $87,500 (57 earlier) |
| Brent Wong | Tendency Art+Object | $117,135 | $104,752 (8 earlier) |
| Jeffrey Harris | Jillian and Brothers Art+Object | $113,586 | $44,569 (108 earlier) |
| Karl Maughan | Landscape with Pool Art+Object | $111,456 | $60,546 (57 earlier) |
| Charles Christian Nahl | Joaquin Murieta Scottsdale Art Auction | $111,150 | $22,500 (8 earlier) |
| Earl Biss | High Mountain Camp Scottsdale Art Auction | $99,450 | $51,425 (22 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
Phillips (989)Bonhams (871)Wright (552)Twents Veilinghuis (547)Strauss & Co (498)Scottsdale Art Auction (456)Lyon & Turnbull (441)Artmark (389)Bertolami Fine Art (380)Levis Fine Art Auctions (340)Toomey & Co. (330)Rago Auctions (324)Maison Bibelot (315)Sworders (311)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (255)DuMouchelles (247)Pandolfini (204)Van Ham (175)Pananti (168)Morgan O'Driscoll (161)Morton Subastas (154)Clarke Auction Gallery (144)Capitolium Art (140)Menzies (137)Anderson & Garland (125)im Kinsky (123)Agra-Art (121)deVeres (121)HAUS Galerii (116)Chorley's (111)Helmuth Stone Gallery (111)Crocker Farm (103)Billings (100)Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny (99)Leonard Joel (83)Smith & Singer (76)Brunk Auctions (74)Bogotá Auctions (69)Art+Object (68)Vogt Auction (45)Bolsa de Arte (39)Abell Auction Company (33)Grisebach (29)Ketterer Kunst (24)Elstob & Elstob (16)Jackson's International Auctioneers (14)Whyte's (2)Olympia Auctions (2)Farsettiarte (1)