The Art Market in 2025

All the relevant data surrounding the Fine Art & Decorative Art markets
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Global Snapshot

Past Year
-97%
YOY Change
The difference in total sold art for the same period year-to-date.
Sell-Through Rate
How many of offered lots were sold.
Below $100K
$100K — $1M
Above $1 Million
Sold Lots
The percentage of all sold lots by price segment.
Hong Kong
2,028,000,000 USD
Total aggregated auction sales.

L'empire des lumières, Painted in 1954

René Magritte

Realized Price:
121,160,000 USD
René Magritte

Belgian | 1898 - 1967

Total sales
past 12 months (USD):
$313,480,735
VS Previous Year: 100%
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Malcolm Jones III

American | 1959 - 1996

Total sales
past 12 months (USD):
$182,053
VS Mid-Estimate: 99%
Walter Vopava

Austrian | 1948

Total sales
past 12 months (USD):
$17,840,834
VS Previous Year: 99%
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Breakdown

Past Year

Total Auction Sales

Category USD Vs Last Year
Post-War & Contemporary 3.9B -22%
Impressionist & Modern Art 2.3B -15%
Asian Modern & Contemporary 1.3B -24%
19th Century 390.1M -24%
Old Masters 389.9M -23%
Asian Antiquities 192.8M -35%
Region USD Vs Last Year
Europe 5B -17%
United States & Canada 2.3B -21%
Asia 1.6B -26%
Mexico, Central & South America 173.9M +9%
Middle East & Africa 109.2M -47%
Australia & Pacific 102.2M -11%
Medium USD Vs Last Year
Painting 5.9B -23%
Works on Paper 1.3B -24%
Sculpture 1.1B -3%
Prints & Graphic Art 445.2M -6%
Architecture & Design 305.8M +24%
Decorative Art 192.6M -3%
Location USD Vs Last Year
United States & Canada 4.1B -25%
Europe 2.1B -2%
UK 1.5B -7%
Rest of World 1.3B -22%
China 357.4M -46%
Australia & Pacific 112.5M -4%

Top Auction Houses

Offered Lots: 2228
Sell-Through Rate: 69%
Total Sold Value: 108,500,000 USD
Top Lot:
Offered Lots: 1163
Sell-Through Rate: 84%
Total Sold Value: 57,260,000 USD
Top Lot:
Offered Lots: 1659
Sell-Through Rate: 65%
Total Sold Value: 55,360,000 USD
Offered Lots: 456
Sell-Through Rate: 70%
Total Sold Value: 46,560,000 USD

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Artist Performance

Andy Warhol

American | 1928 - 1987

Andy Warhol was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1928.

How much does an Andy Warhol cost?

Andy Warhol's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 195,040,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Andy Warhol's most expensive painting?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 195,040,000 USD for Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, sold at Christie's New York in 2022. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 629,401 USD, while his prints & graphic art have sold for an average of 21,893 USD.

Where can I see Andy Warhol's works?

His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Guggenheim Bilbao have featured Andy Warhol's work in the past.

Andy Warhol in the news

Andy Warhol has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Art in America and Studio International. The most recent article is A Glimpse at Picasso and Pollock Masterpieces Kept in Tehran Vault written for BBC News in February 2025. The artist died in 1987.

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