Blog - More Statistics on Big Art Sales from The Guardian

2008-10-16 18:00:08

From the The Guardian.co.uk site. Read the full article reporting from the Frieze Art Fair in London.2007's five most expensive living artists in the world (based on total sales revenue)  Name  Born Sales Turnover  Top auction 1 RICHTER Gerhard 1932 £49,429 £5,753,0002HIRST Damien 1965 £43,009,862 £9,845,2783ZHANG Xiaogang 1958 £32,720,472 £2,530,3474KOONS Jeff 1955 £30,247,845£12m5YUE Minjun 1962 £25,748,681£3,046,2522007's five most expensive dead artists  Name Dates  Sales Turnover Top auction 1 WARHOL Andy   1928-1987   £242,839,544£36,800,0002PICASSO Pablo 1881-1973 £183,936,799£15,822,0503BACON Francis 1909-1992 £140,790,739£27,000,0004ROTHKO Mark 1903-1970 £118,988,627£37,410,0005MONET Claude 1840-1926 £94,932,041£18,815,8372007's five bestselling living women artists in the world  Name  Born  Sales Turnover Top auction 1  KUSAMA Yayoi 1929 £8,099,508£776,8132  BROWN Cecily 1969 £5,200,625£805,3873  SHERMAN Cindy 1954 £5,125,800£1,064,2614  RILEY Bridget 1931 £4,623,918£1,021,9795  DUMAS Marlene 1953 £3,125,833£959,49  Check out Forbes' SOLD! Only on Ovation TVViewers get insight into the art, the history and the dollars at stake when Forbes’ Sold! goes behind the scenes at high profile art auctions. This one-hour special covers three auctions: the Christie’s New York sale of the estate of collector Robin Roberts featuring a broad range of exquisite design and art objects; a sale of Twentieth Century furniture and art including several Andy Warhol prints at Los Angeles Modern Auctions; and the multimillion dollar sale of a very rare copy of The Magna Carta at Sotheby’s in New York.| Views: 14 Votes: 0 Rating: 0.0

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