Market Data/2016
The Art Auction Market in 2016
In 2016, 5,870 lots sold at auction for a combined $1.2B in hammer prices, up 56% from 2015. The average sold lot fetched $209,471; the year's top result reached $36.6M.
Lots sold
5,870
Total volume
$1.2B
+56% vs 2015
Average price
$209,471
Top sale
$36.6M
Top artists by auction volume, 2016
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Richter | $138.0M | 41 |
| 2 | Andy Warhol | $69.2M | 79 |
| 3 | Cy Twombly | $61.7M | 9 |
| 4 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $55.2M | 21 |
| 5 | Claude Monet | $38.4M | 2 |
| 6 | Francis Bacon | $35.0M | 1 |
| 7 | Jean Dubuffet | $26.6M | 43 |
| 8 | Willem De Kooning | $25.9M | 14 |
| 9 | David Hockney | $25.5M | 11 |
| 10 | Christopher Wool | $25.1M | 7 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2016 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=2016-01-01&end_date=2016-12-31&limit=10" \
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