Pi-eX TOP 10

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


YEAR 2016


TOP 10 most invested in artists in 2016
Total Hammer prices for the top 10 most invested in artists reached more than $1 billion in 2016 (*). The majority of works by these artists were sold at contemporary evening sales, only a few at impressionist evening sales. Top hammer prices and volume were the key to their success.
Source: Pi-eX Ltd proprietary database of auction results
1. Pablo Picasso
  • $204m total Hammer Price
  • 42 artworks sold
  • Highest Hammer Price: $56,479,500
  • Lowest Hammer Price: $280,000
  • 3. Claude Monet
  • $150m total Hammer Price
  • 9 artworks sold
  • Highest Hammer Price: $72,500,000
  • Lowest Hammer Price: $2,950,000
  • 5. Willem de Kooning
  • $98m total Hammer Price
  • 13 artworks sold
  • Highest Hammer Price: $59,000,000
  • Lowest Hammer Price: $300,000
  • 7. Amadeo Modigliani
  • $75m total Hammer Price
  • 4 artworks sold
  • Highest Hammer Price: $50,244,750
  • Lowest Hammer Price: $2,600,000
  • 9. Cy Twombly
  • $62m total Hammer Price
  • 11 artworks sold
  • Highest Hammer Price: $32,500,000
  • Lowest Hammer Price: $236,835
  • 2. Gerhard Richter
  • $152m total Hammer Price
  • 20 artworks sold
  • Highest Hammer Price: $30,000,000
  • Lowest Hammer Price: $450,000
  • 4. Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • $123m total Hammer Price
  • 14 artworks sold
  • Highest Hammer Price: $51,000,000
  • Lowest Hammer Price: $1,400,000
  • 6. Andy Warhol
  • $80m total Hammer Price
  • 23 artworks sold
  • Highest Hammer Price: $21,500,000
  • Lowest Hammer Price: $146,533
  • 8. Francis Bacon
  • $62m total Hammer Price
  • 3 artworks sold
  • Highest Hammer Price: $31,000,000
  • Lowest Hammer Price: $6,928,800
  • 10. Alexander Calder
  • $56m total Hammer Price
  • 24 artworks sold
  • Highest Hammer Price: $7,200,000
  • Lowest Hammer Price: $480,000
  • (*) based on auctioned artworks at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips in 2016 in New York and London art evening sales.

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