Artists/Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder: Auction Results & Market Statistics

Alexander Calder (1898–1976) has 1,028 recorded auction sales between 2006 and 2026, totaling $457.3M in hammer-price volume. Statistics are computed from the Art Market API auction database and updated regularly.

Sold lots

1,028

Total volume

$457.3M

hammer prices, USD

Average price

$444,810

Auction record

$18.2M

Sell-through rate

79%

share of offered lots that sold

Sold above estimate

65%

share of sold lots beating the high estimate

Alexander Calder — auction volume by year (USD)
2006peak $55.0M2026

Volume by category

Yearly auction performance

YearLots soldTotal volumeAverage price
202620$3.3M$163,323
202554$14.7M$273,099
2024100$43.5M$434,799
2023110$45.6M$414,706
202283$46.5M$560,622
2021130$55.0M$422,802
202086$54.4M$632,989
2019103$36.0M$349,071
201851$20.4M$400,047
201752$22.4M$430,801
201640$21.6M$538,849
201537$5.5M$148,516
201436$29.3M$814,294
20135$561,703$112,341
20125$223,993$44,799
201128$18.2M$651,356
201046$21.8M$473,687
200914$9.0M$644,003
200821$9.1M$433,426
20072$51,704$25,852
20065$115,705$23,141

Query this data programmatically

Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Alexander Calder's complete lot-level auction history is available as structured JSON, filterable by date, price, category, and more.

curl "https://api.artmarketapi.com/api/v1/auction_records?artist=5ce3febb77094f0017650945&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer amapi_live_your_key_here"

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