Market Data/2015
The Art Auction Market in 2015
In 2015, 4,257 lots sold at auction for a combined $789.8M in hammer prices, down 48% from 2014. The average sold lot fetched $185,523; the year's top result reached $95.4M.
Lots sold
4,257
Total volume
$789.8M
-48% vs 2014
Average price
$185,523
Top sale
$95.4M
Top artists by auction volume, 2015
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roy Lichtenstein | $113.6M | 10 |
| 2 | Andy Warhol | $86.5M | 60 |
| 3 | Francis Bacon | $40.2M | 3 |
| 4 | Paul Gauguin | $31.6M | 2 |
| 5 | Gerhard Richter | $30.8M | 14 |
| 6 | Alberto Giacometti | $28.4M | 6 |
| 7 | Pablo Picasso | $25.6M | 28 |
| 8 | Hugo McCloud | $21.0M | 9 |
| 9 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $17.3M | 12 |
| 10 | Cy Twombly | $12.9M | 6 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2015 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=2015-01-01&end_date=2015-12-31&limit=10" \
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