Market Data/2006
The Art Auction Market in 2006
In 2006, 1,178 lots sold at auction for a combined $27.9M in hammer prices, up 229448% from 2005. The average sold lot fetched $23,715; the year's top result reached $648,419.
Lots sold
1,178
Total volume
$27.9M
+229448% vs 2005
Average price
$23,715
Top sale
$648,419
Top artists by auction volume, 2006
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernand Léger | $1.3M | 7 |
| 2 | Philippe Hiquily | $766,414 | 10 |
| 3 | Fernando Botero | $629,088 | 2 |
| 4 | Christopher Wool | $600,973 | 3 |
| 5 | Jean Dubuffet | $557,501 | 2 |
| 6 | Raoul Dufy | $529,603 | 4 |
| 7 | Chris Ofili | $443,880 | 1 |
| 8 | Andreas Gursky | $402,833 | 3 |
| 9 | Mike Kelley | $361,065 | 3 |
| 10 | Maurizio Cattelan | $348,237 | 4 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2006 auction results is available as structured JSON, filterable by date, price, category, and more.
curl "https://api.artmarketapi.com/api/v1/auction_records?start_date=2006-01-01&end_date=2006-12-31&limit=10" \
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