Artists/Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon: Auction Results & Market Statistics

Francis Bacon (1909–1992) has 194 recorded auction sales between 2008 and 2026, totaling $925.4M in hammer-price volume. Statistics are computed from the Art Market API auction database and updated regularly.

Sold lots

194

Total volume

$925.4M

hammer prices, USD

Average price

$4.8M

Auction record

$86.3M

Sell-through rate

85%

share of offered lots that sold

Sold above estimate

60%

share of sold lots beating the high estimate

Francis Bacon — auction volume by year (USD)
2008peak $195.2M2026

Volume by category

Yearly auction performance

YearLots soldTotal volumeAverage price
202613$127,178$9,783
20254$6.7M$1.7M
202415$36.7M$2.4M
202311$92.5M$8.4M
202246$195.2M$4.2M
202115$6.6M$442,341
202028$104.3M$3.7M
201924$107.2M$4.5M
201810$43.3M$4.3M
20176$53.4M$8.9M
20161$35.0M$35.0M
20153$40.2M$13.4M
20147$45.1M$6.4M
20131$27,495$27,495
20114$29.8M$7.4M
20101$14.1M$14.1M
20091$133,542$133,542
20084$115.0M$28.7M

Query this data programmatically

Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Francis Bacon'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=5ce14c0306942b00178eb60e&limit=10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer amapi_live_your_key_here"

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