Market Data/2024
The Art Auction Market in 2024
In 2024, 21,944 lots sold at auction for a combined $3.6B in hammer prices, down 27% from 2023. The average sold lot fetched $163,924; the year's top result reached $68.3M.
Lots sold
21,944
Total volume
$3.6B
-27% vs 2023
Average price
$163,924
Top sale
$68.3M
Top artists by auction volume, 2024
| # | Artist | Volume | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Michel Basquiat | $173.5M | 25 |
| 2 | Claude Monet | $162.3M | 19 |
| 3 | Andy Warhol | $150.1M | 302 |
| 4 | Pablo Picasso | $128.8M | 331 |
| 5 | Ed Ruscha | $119.9M | 82 |
| 6 | Yayoi Kusama | $100.5M | 91 |
| 7 | Joan Mitchell | $88.1M | 19 |
| 8 | David Hockney | $85.0M | 81 |
| 9 | Alberto Giacometti | $73.3M | 20 |
| 10 | Roy Lichtenstein | $63.2M | 133 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level 2024 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=2024-01-01&end_date=2024-12-31&limit=10" \
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