Market Data/2019
The Art Auction Market in 2019
In 2019, 22,080 lots sold at auction for a combined $4.6B in hammer prices, up 127% from 2018. The average sold lot fetched $208,157; the year's top result reached $91.1M.
Lots sold
22,080
Total volume
$4.6B
+127% vs 2018
Average price
$208,157
Top sale
$91.1M
Top artists by auction volume, 2019
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Warhol | $172.5M | 307 |
| 2 | Pablo Picasso | $169.8M | 334 |
| 3 | Zao Wou-ki | $129.4M | 90 |
| 4 | Gerhard Richter | $120.7M | 68 |
| 5 | David Hockney | $119.7M | 116 |
| 6 | Jeff Koons | $108.3M | 61 |
| 7 | Francis Bacon | $107.2M | 24 |
| 8 | Ed Ruscha | $106.0M | 108 |
| 9 | Robert Rauschenberg | $92.1M | 45 |
| 10 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $91.0M | 32 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2019 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=2019-01-01&end_date=2019-12-31&limit=10" \
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