Market Data/Painting
The Painting Auction Market
43,591 painting lots have sold at auction since 2001, for a combined $30.6B in hammer prices. Yearly volume, transaction counts, and average prices below are computed from the Art Market API auction database.
Sold lots
43,591
since 2001
Total volume
$30.6B
hammer prices, USD
2025 average price
$574,455
2001peak $5.0B2025
Yearly performance
| Year | Lots sold | Total volume | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 733 | $421.1M | $574,455 |
| 2024 | 4,710 | $2.7B | $575,763 |
| 2023 | 4,256 | $3.9B | $915,296 |
| 2022 | 4,987 | $5.0B | $1.0M |
| 2021 | 4,749 | $4.0B | $843,012 |
| 2020 | 5,528 | $3.1B | $555,297 |
| 2019 | 6,288 | $3.4B | $548,056 |
| 2018 | 2,179 | $1.5B | $711,270 |
| 2017 | 2,313 | $1.3B | $565,859 |
| 2016 | 1,535 | $948.2M | $617,751 |
| 2015 | 950 | $569.2M | $599,127 |
| 2014 | 1,221 | $1.1B | $914,024 |
| 2013 | 407 | $39.8M | $97,748 |
| 2012 | 293 | $158.6M | $541,173 |
| 2011 | 853 | $647.2M | $758,778 |
| 2010 | 1,025 | $815.1M | $795,179 |
| 2009 | 456 | $190.1M | $416,885 |
| 2008 | 611 | $622.2M | $1.0M |
| 2007 | 399 | $55.1M | $138,011 |
| 2006 | 93 | $7.8M | $83,922 |
| 2005 | 1 | $12,170 | $12,170 |
| 2004 | 2 | $1.0M | $510,300 |
| 2002 | 1 | $237,500 | $237,500 |
| 2001 | 1 | $1.2M | $1.2M |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Lot-level painting auction results is available as structured JSON, filterable by date, price, category, and more.
curl "https://api.artmarketapi.com/api/v1/auction_records?category=painting&limit=10" \
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