Market Data/2023
The Art Auction Market in 2023
In 2023, 20,534 lots sold at auction for a combined $4.9B in hammer prices, down 31% from 2022. The average sold lot fetched $238,788; the year's top result reached $74.0M.
Lots sold
20,534
Total volume
$4.9B
-31% vs 2022
Average price
$238,788
Top sale
$74.0M
Top artists by auction volume, 2023
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Picasso | $284.0M | 270 |
| 2 | Claude Monet | $185.3M | 16 |
| 3 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $138.0M | 35 |
| 4 | Andy Warhol | $115.2M | 251 |
| 5 | Gerhard Richter | $110.3M | 68 |
| 6 | Ed Ruscha | $105.8M | 75 |
| 7 | Yayoi Kusama | $94.3M | 99 |
| 8 | Francis Bacon | $92.5M | 11 |
| 9 | René Magritte | $91.5M | 28 |
| 10 | Joan Mitchell | $87.8M | 23 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2023 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=2023-01-01&end_date=2023-12-31&limit=10" \
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