Market Data/2010
The Art Auction Market in 2010
In 2010, 4,767 lots sold at auction for a combined $1.1B in hammer prices, up 271% from 2009. The average sold lot fetched $235,553; the year's top result reached $35.4M.
Lots sold
4,767
Total volume
$1.1B
+271% vs 2009
Average price
$235,553
Top sale
$35.4M
Top artists by auction volume, 2010
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Warhol | $118.9M | 89 |
| 2 | Henri Matisse | $57.3M | 8 |
| 3 | Gerhard Richter | $41.1M | 16 |
| 4 | Pablo Picasso | $36.3M | 35 |
| 5 | Willem De Kooning | $31.5M | 14 |
| 6 | Roy Lichtenstein | $29.5M | 12 |
| 7 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $27.9M | 24 |
| 8 | Claude Monet | $26.0M | 4 |
| 9 | Lucio Fontana | $24.7M | 20 |
| 10 | Alexander Calder | $21.8M | 46 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2010 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=2010-01-01&end_date=2010-12-31&limit=10" \
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