Market Data/Drawing
The Drawing Auction Market
7,397 drawing lots have sold at auction since 2001, for a combined $1.5B in hammer prices. Yearly volume, transaction counts, and average prices below are computed from the Art Market API auction database.
Sold lots
7,397
since 2001
Total volume
$1.5B
hammer prices, USD
2025 average price
$265,745
2001peak $254.3M2025
Yearly performance
| Year | Lots sold | Total volume | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | $31.9M | $265,745 |
| 2024 | 749 | $169.7M | $226,612 |
| 2023 | 560 | $163.9M | $292,727 |
| 2022 | 647 | $209.9M | $324,496 |
| 2021 | 702 | $214.4M | $305,360 |
| 2020 | 1,065 | $254.3M | $238,735 |
| 2019 | 1,565 | $146.3M | $93,511 |
| 2018 | 413 | $56.7M | $137,325 |
| 2017 | 426 | $73.7M | $172,935 |
| 2016 | 267 | $35.0M | $131,178 |
| 2015 | 123 | $41.6M | $338,252 |
| 2014 | 135 | $27.7M | $204,991 |
| 2013 | 77 | $6.3M | $81,792 |
| 2012 | 68 | $12.6M | $185,545 |
| 2011 | 80 | $14.5M | $181,133 |
| 2010 | 199 | $29.9M | $150,162 |
| 2009 | 102 | $8.2M | $80,321 |
| 2008 | 53 | $21.0M | $396,376 |
| 2007 | 33 | $4.0M | $121,132 |
| 2006 | 12 | $224,466 | $18,705 |
| 2001 | 1 | $3.2M | $3.2M |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level drawing auction results is available as structured JSON, filterable by date, price, category, and more.
curl "https://api.artmarketapi.com/api/v1/auction_records?category=drawing&limit=10" \
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