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November’s Overlooked Auction Winners & Losers

A look at the most fascinating market themes, in both positive and negative directions, for artists whose sales during the marquee November auctions weren’t big enough to land on the radar of many industry observers.

Sotheby's Art Auction
Raymond Pettibon had four works sell for a combined hammer price of $2.6 million, or twice the combined estimates. Photo: Alive/Courtesy of Sotheby's
Marion Maneker
November 28, 2025

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The marquee auction cycles, each May and November, are as important for the tone they set in the art market as they are for the sales themselves. After all, the public prices that they yield inevitably guide the private market for the next six months, too. Next week, as the month comes to a close, I’ll share the overall totals and trends from the ARTDAI database—including the top 10 artists by market share and the individual works that most outperformed their estimates.