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
Volume by category
- Painting
59 lots · $921.7M
- Print
40 lots · $1.4M
- Other
3 lots · $612,969
- Drawing
2 lots · $240,163
- Photograph
1 lots · $2,090
Yearly auction performance
| Year | Lots sold | Total volume | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | $127,178 | $9,783 |
| 2025 | 4 | $6.7M | $1.7M |
| 2024 | 15 | $36.7M | $2.4M |
| 2023 | 11 | $92.5M | $8.4M |
| 2022 | 46 | $195.2M | $4.2M |
| 2021 | 15 | $6.6M | $442,341 |
| 2020 | 28 | $104.3M | $3.7M |
| 2019 | 24 | $107.2M | $4.5M |
| 2018 | 10 | $43.3M | $4.3M |
| 2017 | 6 | $53.4M | $8.9M |
| 2016 | 1 | $35.0M | $35.0M |
| 2015 | 3 | $40.2M | $13.4M |
| 2014 | 7 | $45.1M | $6.4M |
| 2013 | 1 | $27,495 | $27,495 |
| 2011 | 4 | $29.8M | $7.4M |
| 2010 | 1 | $14.1M | $14.1M |
| 2009 | 1 | $133,542 | $133,542 |
| 2008 | 4 | $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" \
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