Market Data/2020
The Art Auction Market in 2020
In 2020, 27,099 lots sold at auction for a combined $4.1B in hammer prices, down 10% from 2019. The average sold lot fetched $152,910; the year's top result reached $84.5M.
Lots sold
27,099
Total volume
$4.1B
-10% vs 2019
Average price
$152,910
Top sale
$84.5M
Top artists by auction volume, 2020
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Picasso | $186.0M | 555 |
| 2 | Francis Bacon | $104.3M | 28 |
| 3 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $99.9M | 30 |
| 4 | Roy Lichtenstein | $91.8M | 123 |
| 5 | Gerhard Richter | $87.5M | 90 |
| 6 | Zao Wou-ki | $86.7M | 74 |
| 7 | David Hockney | $86.3M | 157 |
| 8 | Andy Warhol | $85.2M | 406 |
| 9 | René Magritte | $69.4M | 16 |
| 10 | Joan Mitchell | $54.4M | 27 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2020 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=2020-01-01&end_date=2020-12-31&limit=10" \
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