Market Data/2011
The Art Auction Market in 2011
In 2011, 4,006 lots sold at auction for a combined $895.5M in hammer prices, down 20% from 2010. The average sold lot fetched $223,528; the year's top result reached $61.7M.
Lots sold
4,006
Total volume
$895.5M
-20% vs 2010
Average price
$223,528
Top sale
$61.7M
Top artists by auction volume, 2011
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Richter | $77.7M | 15 |
| 2 | Andy Warhol | $70.5M | 81 |
| 3 | Pablo Picasso | $59.0M | 22 |
| 4 | Francis Bacon | $29.8M | 4 |
| 5 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $23.8M | 18 |
| 6 | Jeff Koons | $20.4M | 7 |
| 7 | Alexander Calder | $18.2M | 28 |
| 8 | Willem De Kooning | $12.8M | 14 |
| 9 | Paul Gauguin | $12.2M | 3 |
| 10 | Joan Mitchell | $10.1M | 3 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2011 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=2011-01-01&end_date=2011-12-31&limit=10" \
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