Market Data/2013
The Art Auction Market in 2013
In 2013, 2,518 lots sold at auction for a combined $106.3M in hammer prices, down 58% from 2012. The average sold lot fetched $42,209; the year's top result reached $6.5M.
Lots sold
2,518
Total volume
$106.3M
-58% vs 2012
Average price
$42,209
Top sale
$6.5M
Top artists by auction volume, 2013
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $8.2M | 8 |
| 2 | Aristide Maillol | $7.7M | 3 |
| 3 | Andy Warhol | $3.3M | 28 |
| 4 | Ellsworth Kelly | $3.0M | 1 |
| 5 | Christopher Wool | $2.2M | 6 |
| 6 | Andreas Gursky | $2.0M | 2 |
| 7 | Anish Kapoor | $1.8M | 4 |
| 8 | Keith Haring | $1.8M | 7 |
| 9 | Eugène Boudin | $1.8M | 22 |
| 10 | Marc Quinn | $1.4M | 5 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2013 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=2013-01-01&end_date=2013-12-31&limit=10" \
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