Market Data/2018
The Art Auction Market in 2018
In 2018, 9,884 lots sold at auction for a combined $2.0B in hammer prices, up 9% from 2017. The average sold lot fetched $205,251; the year's top result reached $53.5M.
Lots sold
9,884
Total volume
$2.0B
+9% vs 2017
Average price
$205,251
Top sale
$53.5M
Top artists by auction volume, 2018
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Picasso | $123.7M | 51 |
| 2 | Gerhard Richter | $94.5M | 53 |
| 3 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $74.3M | 32 |
| 4 | Peter Doig | $55.8M | 12 |
| 5 | Zao Wou-ki | $52.5M | 21 |
| 6 | Andy Warhol | $46.7M | 95 |
| 7 | Willem De Kooning | $44.2M | 21 |
| 8 | Francis Bacon | $43.3M | 10 |
| 9 | Roy Lichtenstein | $41.9M | 32 |
| 10 | Christopher Wool | $41.2M | 17 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2018 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=2018-01-01&end_date=2018-12-31&limit=10" \
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