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Pablo Picasso's canvas "Femme assise près d'une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse)" was the most expensive lot sold by auction house Christie's in 2021. The artist's oil painting, sold during a 20th century evening sale in New York, recorded a price realized of 103.4 million U.S. dollars, the highest figure for any work sold at auction that year. Meanwhile, Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" was the most expensive lot by a living artist sold by Christie's in 2021. The artwork, a digital collage stored on the Ethereum blockchain as a non-fungible token (NFT), was sold on March 2021 in the first major auction of Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Auction market worldwide
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Sales value at public auctions of art and antiques worldwide 2011-2022
- Premium Statistic Public auction market share worldwide 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Sales value at public auctions of art and antiques in the U.S. 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic Leading channels used by HNW art collectors to purchase art worldwide H1 2022
Leading auction houses
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- Premium Statistic Leading auction houses worldwide 2022, by sales value
- Premium Statistic Fine art auction revenue of selected leading auction houses 2022
- Premium Statistic Global sales of Christie's 2006-2022
- Premium Statistic Global sales of Sotheby's 2004-2022
- Premium Statistic Global sales of Phillips auction house 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Total sales of selected leading auction houses worldwide 2020-2021, by category
- Premium Statistic Total sales of selected leading auction houses worldwide 2020-2021, by location
- Premium Statistic Global sales of Heritage Auctions 2017-2022
Online auction sales
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- Premium Statistic Online & offline sales volume share at art auctions in selected global countries 2022
- Premium Statistic Online & offline sales share value of art auctions in selected global countries 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of online-only auctions by Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips 2018-2022
- Premium Statistic Online sales of Christie's worldwide 2017-2022
- Premium Statistic Online sales of Sotheby's worldwide 2015-2022
- Premium Statistic Online sales of Heritage Auctions worldwide 2017-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of Heritage Auctions sales made online vs. offline 2017-2022
NFT auction sales
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- Premium Statistic Key information on public auctions of art-related NFTs worldwide 2021-2022
- Premium Statistic Leading NFT artists worldwide 2022, by auction revenue
- Premium Statistic Sales of NFTs on Christie's 3.0 worldwide 2023, by auction
- Premium Statistic Most expensive NFTs sold on Christie's 3.0 worldwide 2023, by price realized
Auction house websites
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- Premium Statistic Total visits to auction house website christies.com worldwide 2021-2023
- Premium Statistic Share of visits to auction house website christies.com worldwide 2023, by market
- Premium Statistic Total visits to auction house website sothebys.com worldwide 2021-2023
- Premium Statistic Share of visits to auction house website sothebys.com worldwide 2023, by country
- Basic Statistic Total visits to auction house website phillips.com worldwide 2021-2023
- Basic Statistic Share of visits to auction house website phillips.com worldwide 2023, by market
Fine art auctions
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- Premium Statistic Revenue at fine art and NFT auctions worldwide 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Global fine art auction revenue distribution 2022, by sector
- Basic Statistic Global distribution of Post-War and Contemporary art auction revenue 2022
- Premium Statistic Auction revenue distribution of contemporary art worldwide 2000-2020, by medium
Leading artists at fine art auctions
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- Basic Statistic Leading artists worldwide 2022, by auction revenue
- Basic Statistic Global contemporary artists with the highest auction sales 2021-2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Leading ultra-contemporary artists H1 2022, by auction revenue
- Premium Statistic Leading Old Masters artists worldwide 2022, by auction revenue
Other auction categories
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- Basic Statistic Most valuable sports trading cards sold at auctions worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Most valuable sneakers sold at auctions worldwide 2023
- Premium Statistic Most valuable Michael Jordan items sold at auctions worldwide 2023
- Premium Statistic Sales value at Christie's auctions of wine and spirits worldwide 2019-2022
- Premium Statistic Sales value at Sotheby's auctions of wine and spirits worldwide 2013-2022
Further related statistics
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- Most expensive artworks by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan sold by Christie's 2022
- Christie's and Sotheby's auction sales worldwide, by category 2000-2017
- Sotheby's: distribution of new bidders online vs offline 2018
- Sotheby's: distribution of lots sold online vs offline 2018
- Importance of art fairs for contemporary visual arts in the Netherlands 2017
- Most valuable Canadian works of art sold at Heffel auction house in Canada 2021
- Revenue of Sotheby's worldwide 2006-2019
- Most expensive drawings sold at Heffel auction house in Canada 2021
- Modern and contemporary art sales at auction in Africa from 2009 to 2018
- Most expensive prints sold at Heffel auction house in Canada 2021
- Most expensive watercolors sold at Heffel auction house in Canada 2021
- Modern and contemporary art sales at auction in Russia from 2011 to 2018
- Most expensive paintings sold at Heffel auction house in Canada as of August 2021
- Latin America: modern and contemporary art sales at auction 2013-2018
- Modern and contemporary art sales at auction in India from 2006 to 2015
- Share of buyers in the global art dealer market 2019, by sector and age
- Market share of contemporary art sales across India from 2014-2016
- Contemporary art sales in Hong Kong 2006-2019, by auction house
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- Christie's and Sotheby's auction sales worldwide, by category 2000-2017
- Sotheby's: distribution of new bidders online vs offline 2018
- Sotheby's: distribution of lots sold online vs offline 2018
- Importance of art fairs for contemporary visual arts in the Netherlands 2017
- Most valuable Canadian works of art sold at Heffel auction house in Canada 2021
- Revenue of Sotheby's worldwide 2006-2019
- Most expensive drawings sold at Heffel auction house in Canada 2021
- Modern and contemporary art sales at auction in Africa from 2009 to 2018
- Most expensive prints sold at Heffel auction house in Canada 2021
- Most expensive watercolors sold at Heffel auction house in Canada 2021
- Modern and contemporary art sales at auction in Russia from 2011 to 2018
- Most expensive paintings sold at Heffel auction house in Canada as of August 2021
- Latin America: modern and contemporary art sales at auction 2013-2018
- Modern and contemporary art sales at auction in India from 2006 to 2015
- Share of buyers in the global art dealer market 2019, by sector and age
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- Contemporary art sales in Hong Kong 2006-2019, by auction house
Christie's. (December 20, 2021). Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/
Christie's. "Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/
Christie's. (2021). Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/
Christie's. "Most Expensive Lots Sold by Christie's at Auction Sales Worldwide in 2021, by Price Realized (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/
Christie's, Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/ (last visited May 29, 2023)
Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], Christie's, December 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/