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Bright Lichtensteins, Big City

The pop artist’s works are enjoying a buying renaissance as the estate works with Sotheby’s to strategically bring them to sale. Meanwhile, the strength of the market for his lower-priced works is enticing younger buyers and reinforcing the health of the broader market.

Roy Lichtenstein
The Lichtenstein market—and, perhaps, the broader art market—is being rebuilt from the ground up. The surge in lower-priced works—340 Lichtenstein lots sold in 2023, a record that could be eclipsed this year—suggests a broad base of activity. Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis/Getty Images
Marion Maneker
September 2, 2025

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This autumn is shaping up to be a big auction season, with a number of high-value collections hitting the block. Christie’s unveiled the Weis collection over the weekend, and more are set to follow, with early intel suggesting a season with more $10 million-and-above historical works than we have seen in recent years. Another harbinger for the health of the market has been the recent string of successes for an artist at a price point far below the trophy market: Roy Lichtenstein.