Broken record sales of works of art at auction

The art market is booming. In 2014, the broken record sales of works of art at auction.

The total amount of the proceeds on such trading assets amounted to 15.2 billion US dollars - 26 percent more than in 2013. According to news agency AFP, about this on Thursday, February 26, at Paris, announced the French company Artprice, which maintains a database on the basis of the art of trading.

2014 was a record and the number of deceased with a hammer works of art worth over a million dollars. According to the information Artprice, the number reached 1,679 units. Over 125 of them have given customers more than ten million.
 

In the ranking of artists whose works are most in demand, leading the American king of pop art of Andy Warhol. In 2014, at the auction of his works bailed out 569 million dollars. Second on the list is Pablo Picasso, with total sales of 375 million.

In third place - the British expressionist Francis Bacon, brought to auction $ 270 million. German painter, sculptor and photographer Gerhard Richter (Gerhard Richter) was on the fourth line, once again, therefore, the most expensive living artist. For his work by buyers gave 254 million.
The most lucrative art auction market in 2014 was China: its turnover amounted to 5.6 billion US dollars. The reason lies in the fact that the share of the Asian region accounts for most of the newly founded museums that need to actively shape their collections. For China, followed by the US, where last year at art auctions bailed out $ 4.8 billion - 21 percent more than in 2013.

The demand for cultural values ​​remains very high, and on all continents, emphasized during his speech in Paris CEO Thierry Ehrmann Artprice.