Market Data/2008
The Art Auction Market in 2008
In 2008, 4,117 lots sold at auction for a combined $987.5M in hammer prices, up 650% from 2007. The average sold lot fetched $239,858; the year's top result reached $86.3M.
Lots sold
4,117
Total volume
$987.5M
+650% vs 2007
Average price
$239,858
Top sale
$86.3M
Top artists by auction volume, 2008
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Bacon | $115.0M | 4 |
| 2 | Damien Hirst | $100.3M | 80 |
| 3 | Andy Warhol | $71.5M | 44 |
| 4 | Yves Klein | $69.3M | 17 |
| 5 | Gerhard Richter | $62.4M | 15 |
| 6 | Jeff Koons | $31.5M | 15 |
| 7 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $28.5M | 14 |
| 8 | Roy Lichtenstein | $22.9M | 8 |
| 9 | Tom Wesselmann | $22.3M | 14 |
| 10 | Robert Rauschenberg | $21.7M | 8 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2008 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=2008-01-01&end_date=2008-12-31&limit=10" \
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