Market Data/2009
The Art Auction Market in 2009
In 2009, 3,058 lots sold at auction for a combined $303.0M in hammer prices, down 69% from 2008. The average sold lot fetched $99,088; the year's top result reached $43.8M.
Lots sold
3,058
Total volume
$303.0M
-69% vs 2008
Average price
$99,088
Top sale
$43.8M
Top artists by auction volume, 2009
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Warhol | $68.3M | 34 |
| 2 | Willem De Kooning | $11.9M | 3 |
| 3 | Jean Dubuffet | $11.6M | 19 |
| 4 | Alexander Calder | $9.0M | 14 |
| 5 | Jasper Johns | $8.7M | 1 |
| 6 | Raoul Dufy | $6.2M | 71 |
| 7 | David Hockney | $5.9M | 5 |
| 8 | Joan Mitchell | $4.8M | 3 |
| 9 | Donald Judd | $4.1M | 6 |
| 10 | Bruce Nauman | $4.1M | 2 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2009 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=2009-01-01&end_date=2009-12-31&limit=10" \
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