Pi-eX TOP 10

New York & London Art Evening Sales at
Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips

YEAR 2016

TOP 10 Most Liquid Artists (in volume)
The top 10 most liquid artists for the year 2016 sold together a total of 201 artworks or 21.5% of all lots sold at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips in 2016 by 321 artists at all fine art evening sales in London and New York.
Source: Pi-eX Ltd proprietary database of auction results
  1. Pablo Picasso
  • 53 lots auctioned
  • 42 lots sold
  • 11 bought-ins (**)
  • Bought-in rate: 20.8%
    •   3. Alexander Calder
  • 26 lots auctioned
  • 24 lots sold
  • 2 bought-ins (**)
  • Bought-in rate: 7.7%
    •   5. Marc Chagall
  • 21 lots auctioned
  • 19 lots sold
  • 2 bought-ins (**)
  • Bought-in rate: 9.5%
    •   7. Richard Prince
  • 18 lots auctioned
  • 17 lots sold
  • 1 bought-in (**)
  • Bought-in rate: 5.6%
    •   9. Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • 15 lots auctioned
  • 14 lots sold
  • 1 bought-in (**)
  • Bought-in rate: 6.7%
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      2. Andy Warhol
  • 27 lots auctioned
  • 23 lots sold
  • 4 bought-ins (**)
  • Bought-in rate: 14.8%
    •   4. Gerhard Richter
  • 23 lots auctioned
  • 20 lots sold
  • 3 bought-ins (**)
  • Bought-in rate: 13%
    •   6. Jean Dubuffet
  • 21 lots auctioned
  • 19 lots sold
  • 2 bought-ins (**)
  • Bought-in rate: 9.5%
    •   8. Rene Magritte
  • 15 lots auctioned
  • 11 lots sold
  • 4 bought-ins (**)
  • Bought-in rate: 26.7%
    •   10. Christopher Wool
  • 14 lots auctioned
  • 12 lots sold
  • 2 bought-ins (**)
  • Bought-in rate: 14.3%
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    (*) based on auctioned artworks at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips in 2016 in New York and London art evening sales.
    (**) auctioned but unsold works
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