Market Data/2017
The Art Auction Market in 2017
In 2017, 10,771 lots sold at auction for a combined $1.9B in hammer prices, up 51% from 2016. The average sold lot fetched $172,781; the year's top result reached $60.9M.
Lots sold
10,771
Total volume
$1.9B
+51% vs 2016
Average price
$172,781
Top sale
$60.9M
Top artists by auction volume, 2017
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Warhol | $149.7M | 123 |
| 2 | Cy Twombly | $108.1M | 16 |
| 3 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $107.7M | 41 |
| 4 | Gerhard Richter | $77.1M | 52 |
| 5 | Roy Lichtenstein | $63.4M | 53 |
| 6 | Francis Bacon | $53.4M | 6 |
| 7 | Jean Dubuffet | $32.0M | 46 |
| 8 | Zao Wou-ki | $31.5M | 22 |
| 9 | Louise Bourgeois | $31.3M | 12 |
| 10 | Philip Guston | $25.1M | 7 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2017 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=2017-01-01&end_date=2017-12-31&limit=10" \
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