What are artnet Market Performance Reports?
The seven charts in each of artnet’s Market Performance Reports compile yearly auction market information from artnets Price Database on over 4,300 of the most important artists driving the global public auction market. Considered collectively, these charts provide information that assists collectors, appraisers, advisors, curators, financial institutions and art investors when tracking such market trends as liquidity, volatility, sales volume, and pricing for artworks of interest. A brief description of each chart is provided below and a sample artnet Market Performance Report is shown on the Market Trends home page. Chart 1: Global Auction Sales Volume This chart shows total sales volume of all lots recorded in artnet’s Price Database for the reports that you select, including sales transactions from hundreds of the most important auction venues in the world. Sales volume trends for an artist provide an insight into market demand for the artists work and suggest market liquidity and
