Art auction market report: July 2025
In July 2025, ArtSell recorded 8,488 auction lots from 37 auction houses, of which 5,695 sold (67% sell-through). The 5,539 sales with a published price total $38,545,209, with a median of $960 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Maynard Dixon, “Open Range”, at $2,015,000 (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction). 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 | $4,515,770 | 14 | Roping a Wolf (ca. 1918) — $1,325,000 |
| 2 | Maynard Dixon American | $2,195,895 | 4 | Open Range — $2,015,000 |
| 3 | Bob Kuhn American | $1,955,360 | 16 | Rhino and Cattle Egrets — $272,250 |
| 4 | Howard Terpning American | $1,216,050 | 4 | Chased by the Devil — $726,000 |
| 5 | Joseph Henry Sharp American | $871,200 | 7 | Tales of the Warbonnet — $423,500 |
| 6 | Oscar Howe Navajo | $756,250 | 4 | Dancer — $229,900 |
| 7 | Philip Russell Goodwin American | $629,200 | 2 | An Interrupted Duel — $363,000 |
| 8 | Ernest Martin Hennings American | $617,100 | 4 | Riding Through the Aspens — $393,250 |
| 9 | Nicolai Fechin Russian | $500,900 | 3 | Niña — $181,500 |
| 10 | Thomas Hill American | $496,100 | 3 | View of Yosemite Valley — $169,400 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birger Sandzén Swedish | $170,099 | 3 | A Lake in the Mountains (ca. 1920) — $169,400 |
| 2 | Diego Giacometti Swiss | $154,940 | 4 | Console table — $48,260 |
| 3 | Sarah Lucas British | $114,300 | 1 | The Last Crusade I — $114,300 |
| 4 | David Shepherd British | $113,135 | 4 | Tsavo in Dry Season — $84,700 |
| 5 | Rembrandt Bugatti Italian | $84,700 | 1 | Petit Buffle Anoa — $84,700 |
| 6 | Serge Poliakoff Russian | $76,200 | 1 | Composition murale — $76,200 |
| 7 | Jörg Immendorff German | $73,246 | 4 | Eisende — $68,580 |
| 8 | Carlo Maria Mariani Italian | $72,960 | 2 | Allegoria Profetica II — $48,640 |
| 9 | René Lalique French | $66,512 | 15 | Rare Passiflore chandelier — $27,940 |
| 10 | Pablo Picasso Spanish | $63,910 | 11 | Bacchanale au Hibou — $16,168 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Bolotowsky | Complex Movement Phillips | $139,700 | $107,950 (122 earlier) |
| Paul Pletka | General Custer Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $72,600 | $52,650 (14 earlier) |
| Zsolnay | Rare and Monumental vase with dragons Rago Auctions | $63,500 | $44,100 (76 earlier) |
| Robert Natkin | Apollo Bonhams | $61,440 | $47,500 (137 earlier) |
| Kikuo Saito | Rose Hill Phillips | $60,960 | $57,150 (17 earlier) |
| Solon Borglum | Pushing Ahead – Washington, 1753 Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $57,475 | $36,300 (5 earlier) |
| Walter De Maria | Untitled Bonhams | $43,000 | $36,241 (8 earlier) |
| John Nieto | Three Fingers Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $39,325 | $35,100 (36 earlier) |
| Alma Allen | Untitled (Table) Bonhams | $38,400 | $9,825 (24 earlier) |
| Campana Brothers | Ofidia Coffee Table Bonhams | $33,280 | $7,650 (3 earlier) |
| Brian L. Ford | Group of Eight Western Era Wagons Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $33,275 | $23,800 (4 earlier) |
| Marjorie Reed | Changing the Team at Vallecito (ca. 1982) Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $30,250 | $26,450 (67 earlier) |
| Ron Stewart | The Price of the Hunt Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $30,250 | $648 (4 earlier) |
| Luis Jiménez | Vaquero Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $24,200 | $15,120 (18 earlier) |
| Jonathan Kenworthy | Yesterday’s Gods Coeur d'Alene Art Auction | $24,200 | $21,250 (8 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (845)Bonhams (832)Strauss & Co (578)Bertolami Fine Art (496)Pandolfini (466)Sworders (409)León Gallery (405)Artmark (392)Davidson Auctions (378)Twents Veilinghuis (368)Coeur d'Alene Art Auction (342)Toomey & Co. (299)Morton Subastas (268)Wright (249)Morgan O'Driscoll (212)Farsettiarte (207)Sloans & Kenyon (191)Rago Auctions (187)Phillips (180)Pananti (155)DuMouchelles (138)Anderson & Garland (117)Austin Auction Gallery (108)Maison Bibelot (92)Clarke Auction Gallery (79)Capitolium Art (69)Van Ham (64)Agra-Art (61)Brunk Auctions (53)Bolsa de Arte (45)Vogt Auction (43)Ketterer Kunst (39)Elstob & Elstob (32)Leonard Joel (30)Grisebach (29)Abell Auction Company (25)Colasanti Casa d'Aste (5)