In 2022, the sales value of impressionist and modern works of art sold for more than one million U.S. dollars at auctions worldwide reached approximately 4.25 billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, contemporary artworks generated around 3.3 billion U.S. dollars that year.
Sales value of works of art sold for more than one million U.S. dollars at auctions worldwide from 2018 to 2022, by sector
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Impressionist and modern
Old masters
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Sotheby's. (March 10, 2023). Sales value of works of art sold for more than one million U.S. dollars at auctions worldwide from 2018 to 2022, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386104/high-end-art-auction-sales-worldwide-sector/
Sotheby's. "Sales value of works of art sold for more than one million U.S. dollars at auctions worldwide from 2018 to 2022, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 10, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386104/high-end-art-auction-sales-worldwide-sector/
Sotheby's. (2023). Sales value of works of art sold for more than one million U.S. dollars at auctions worldwide from 2018 to 2022, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386104/high-end-art-auction-sales-worldwide-sector/
Sotheby's. "Sales Value of Works of Art Sold for More than One Million U.S. Dollars at Auctions Worldwide from 2018 to 2022, by Sector (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386104/high-end-art-auction-sales-worldwide-sector/
Sotheby's, Sales value of works of art sold for more than one million U.S. dollars at auctions worldwide from 2018 to 2022, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386104/high-end-art-auction-sales-worldwide-sector/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Sales value of works of art sold for more than one million U.S. dollars at auctions worldwide from 2018 to 2022, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Sotheby's, March 10, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386104/high-end-art-auction-sales-worldwide-sector/