Artists/Thomas Ruff
Thomas Ruff: Auction Results & Market Statistics
Thomas Ruff (b. 1958, german) has 171 recorded auction sales between 2007 and 2025, totaling $5.1M in hammer-price volume. Statistics are computed from the Art Market API auction database and updated regularly.
Sold lots
171
Total volume
$5.1M
hammer prices, USD
Average price
$30,000
Auction record
$98,500
Sell-through rate
81%
share of offered lots that sold
Sold above estimate
46%
share of sold lots beating the high estimate
Volume by category
- Photograph
69 lots · $2.8M
- Drawing
2 lots · $80,720
- Print
1 lots · $69,300
- Painting
1 lots · $985
Yearly auction performance
| Year | Lots sold | Total volume | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | $114,700 | $16,386 |
| 2024 | 15 | $205,931 | $13,729 |
| 2023 | 13 | $335,750 | $25,827 |
| 2022 | 12 | $237,648 | $19,804 |
| 2021 | 15 | $357,473 | $23,832 |
| 2020 | 33 | $851,029 | $25,789 |
| 2019 | 21 | $645,088 | $30,718 |
| 2018 | 5 | $215,651 | $43,130 |
| 2017 | 7 | $315,506 | $45,072 |
| 2016 | 9 | $443,967 | $49,330 |
| 2015 | 6 | $185,520 | $30,920 |
| 2014 | 2 | $58,285 | $29,143 |
| 2013 | 1 | $24,962 | $24,962 |
| 2012 | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | $140,360 | $46,787 |
| 2010 | 12 | $625,252 | $52,104 |
| 2009 | 3 | $146,280 | $48,760 |
| 2008 | 4 | $196,808 | $49,202 |
| 2007 | 2 | $4,765 | $2,382 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Thomas Ruff'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=5ce5d85686287e0017c307cf&limit=10" \
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