Market Data/2014
The Art Auction Market in 2014
In 2014, 5,230 lots sold at auction for a combined $1.5B in hammer prices, up 1336% from 2013. The average sold lot fetched $291,801; the year's top result reached $46.4M.
Lots sold
5,230
Total volume
$1.5B
+1336% vs 2013
Average price
$291,801
Top sale
$46.4M
Top artists by auction volume, 2014
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Warhol | $176.3M | 74 |
| 2 | Claude Monet | $62.0M | 4 |
| 3 | Gerhard Richter | $59.9M | 19 |
| 4 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $47.8M | 15 |
| 5 | Francis Bacon | $45.1M | 7 |
| 6 | Jeff Koons | $39.2M | 13 |
| 7 | Jasper Johns | $38.6M | 7 |
| 8 | Pablo Picasso | $32.9M | 66 |
| 9 | Alexander Calder | $29.3M | 36 |
| 10 | Cy Twombly | $28.0M | 10 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2014 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=2014-01-01&end_date=2014-12-31&limit=10" \
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