Pi-eX TOP 10

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


YEAR 2016


TOP 10 most expensive artworks sold
at auctions in 2016
The top 10 most expensive artworks sold in 2016 generated together $462,268,050 of Hammer Prices. Six of the sales took place at Sotheby's, while four happened at Christie's and none at Phillips.
Source: Pi-eX Ltd proprietary database of auction results
1. "Meule", Claude Monet
  • Estimate on Request (*)
  • Hammer Price: $72,500,000
  • Purchase Price (**): $81,447,500
  • Christie's Impressionist evening sale, New York
  • 3. "Femme Assise", Pablo Picasso
  • Estimate on Request (*)
  • Hammer Price: $56,479,500
  • Purchase Price (**): $63,475,623
  • Sotheby's Impressionist evening sale, London
  • 5. "Jeanne Hebuterne", Amadeo Modigliani
  • Estimate on Request (*)
  • Hammer Price: $50,244,750
  • Purchase Price (**): $56,492,703
  • Sotheby's Impressionist evening sale, London
  • 7. "Untitled" by Cy Twombly
  • Estimate on Request (*)
  • Hammer Price: $32,500,000
  • Purchase Price (**): $36,470,000
  • Sotheby's Contemporary evening sale, New York
  • 9. "A B, Still", Gerhard Richter
  • Estimate: $20m - $30m
  • Hammer Price: $30,000,000
  • Purchase Price (**): $33,987,000
  • Sotheby's Contemporary evening sale, New York
  • 2. "Untitled XXV", Willem de Kooning
  • Estimate on Request (*)
  • Hammer Price: $59,000,000
  • Purchase Price (**): $66,327,500
  • Christie's Contemporary evening sale, New York
  • 4. "Untitled", J-M Basquiat
  • Estimate on Request (*)
  • Hammer Price: $51,000,000
  • Purchase Price (**): $57,285,000
  • Christie's Contemporary evening sale, New York
  • 6. "Girls on the Bridge", Edward Munch
  • Estimate on Request (*)
  • Hammer Price: $50,000,000
  • Purchase Price (**): $54,487,5000
  • Sotheby's Impressionist evening sale, New York
  • 8. "Two Studies for a Self-Portrait", Francis Bacon
  • Estimate: $22m - $30m
  • Hammer Price: $31,000,000
  • Purchase Price (**): $34,970,000
  • Sotheby's Contemporary evening sale, New York
  • 10. "Reclining Figure", Henry Moore
  • Estimate: $20,142,500 - $26,858,000
  • Hammer Price: $29,543,800
  • Purchase Price (**): $33,199,845
  • Christie's Curated evening sale, London
  • (*) no Low and High Estimates provided by the auction house ahead of the sale
    (**) includes Hammer Price plus Buyer's Premium (commisssion paid by the buyer to the auction house)

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