Prices of van Gogh Paintings
sold at auctions
Paris, 1900: The Midday Meal, FRF 910; Hollyhocks, FRF 1,100; Woman Kneeling, FRF 240; Woman Bending, FRF 200
Paris, 24 March 1900: A Country Cottage, FRF 1,000
Paris, 20 Nov 1918: Snow in Avignon, FRF 7,200; Still-life, FRF 4,800; Landscape around Auvers, FRF 9,050
Paris, 24 Feb 1919: Père Tanguy, FRF 20,200; Still-life with Fish, FRF 15,000
Paris, 27 Feb 1919: Portrait of the Postman Roulin (pen) FRF 720
Paris, 28 March 1919: Woman Spinning Thread (watercolour) FRF 1,550
Paris, 8 April 1919: Reclining Female Nude, FRF 1,700
Paris, 3 March 1920: Coffee-pot, Pears and Apples, FRF 16,000
Paris, 31 March 1920: Pair of Shoes, FRF 6,000; The Plain (pen) FRF 3,000; Factories and Harvesting (pen) FRF 2,900;Bushes (pen) FRF 2,600; Three Boats (pen) FRF 3,000; Garden (pen) FRF 3,000; Wheatsheaves (pen) FRF 2,800; Portrait of a Young Girl (pen) FRF 3,100; Portrait of the Postman Roulin (pen) FRF 3,900
Paris, 4 May 1923: Old Woman (drawing) FRF 500
Paris, 27 June 1924: Houses and Landscapes in Arles (pen and watercolour) FRF 2,450
Paris, 14 Feb 1927: Portrait of a Man, FRF 30,000
Paris, 30-31 March 1927: Stairway Leading to the Moulin de la Galette, FRF 77,000
London, 29 April 1927: Vase of Flowers, GBP 1,260
Paris, 9 June 1927: Flowers in a Vase, FRF 16,000
Paris, 1 March 1928: Self-portrait (ink) FRF 8,700; Les Alyscamps, Arles: The Main Avenue (ink) FRF 13,800; Les Alyscamps, FRF 7,000; The Sower (reed pen and ink) FRF 23,400
London, 8 April 1929: The Reaper (drawing) GBP 37
Paris, 11 March 1931: Stairway Leading to the Moulin de la Galette, FRF 69,500
Paris, 12 Dec 1932: Southern French Girl (La Méridienne), FRF 280,000
Paris, 2 June 1933: Before the Hearth (1881) FRF 62,000
Paris, 26 June 1934: The Seine, FRF 30,000
Paris, 9 March 1935: Self-portrait with Japanese Print, FRF 60,500
London, 13 May 1935: Flowers in a Metal Vase, GBP 9
Paris, 23 April 1937: Before the Hearth (1881) FRF 48,000
New York, 8-9 Jan 1942: Woman in a Garden, USD 7,900
London, 10 Nov 1943: Views in a Park, GBP 1,550
New York, 16 March 1944: Still-life, USD 11,000; Woman by a Hearth, USD 8,250
New York, 12 April 1945: Church with a Pointed Bell-tower (drawing) USD 550; Young Girl with a Red Ribbon, USD 5,000
New York, 17 May 1945: Mother and Child (drawing) USD 500
New York, 6 Feb 1947: Woman Spinning (after Millet) USD 5,000
London, 10 July 1957: Factories in Clichy, GBP 31,000; Sunrise (Indian ink) GBP 3,200
London, 15 Oct 1958: Public Park in London, GBP 132,000
New York, 19 Nov 1958: Boat at Anchor, USD 67,500
Paris, 15 Dec 1958: Two Herrings on a Table (1886) FRF 7,900,000
New York, 14 Jan 1959: Garden of the St-Rémy Hospital, USD 74,000
London, 1 July 1959: Peasant Digging (black chalk, watercolour, and gouache) GBP 6,500
London, 25 Nov 1959: Bridge over the Seine at Asnières, GBP 45,000
London, 4 May 1960: Peasant Woman Gathering Wood (black chalk and wash heightened with white) GBP 5,000
London, 6 July 1960: Thatched Cottage beneath the Trees, GBP 4,200
Versailles, 7 June 1961: Birthplace of the Artist, FRF 50,000
London, 28 June 1961: Thatched Cottage, GBP 7,000
London, 14 June 1962: Still-life with Oranges, Lemons and Blue Gloves (1889) GBP 80,000
London, 24 April 1963: View of the Asylum and Chapel in St-Rémy, GBP 92,000
London, 27 Nov 1964: Working in the Fields (watercolour) Gns 5,200
Palm Beach, 9 Feb 1965: The Reaper, USD 250,000
London, 24 June 1966: Portrait of Mlle Ravoux, Gns 150,000
Bern, 15 June 1967: Peasant Digging (watercolour heightened with white) CHF 90,000
London, 28 June 1968: Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Gns 110,000
New York, 15 Oct 1969: Zinnias in a Vase, USD 310,000
New York, 25 Feb 1970: Cypress and Tree in Blossom, USD 1,300,000
London, 21 April 1971: View of The Hague (watercolour) GBP 12,500
New York, 5 May 1971: The Hôpital St-Paul in St-Rémy, USD 1,200,000
London, 27 June 1972: Willow Tree (watercolour) GNS 16,000
London, 3 July 1973: Still-life with Gladioli (1886) GBP 113,000
London, 4 July 1973: Pot of Geraniums (1886) GBP 64,000
Hamburg, 3 June 1976: Small Cottage in Drenthe (1883, watercolour, 10¼ × 14½ ins/26.2 × 36.8 cm) DEM 70,000
Bern, 9 June 1976: Man with a Pipe: Portrait of Dr Gachet (1890, etching, 7¼ × 5¾ ins/18.2 × 14.7 cm) CHF 48,000
London, 28 June 1976: Midday, or Garden near a House (1888, oil on canvas, 25 × 21 ins/63.5 × 52.5 cm) GBP 480,000
New York, 16 May 1977: Evening: The End of the Day (1889-1890, oil on canvas, after Millet, 28¼ × 37 ins/72 × 94 cm)USD 800,000
Amsterdam, 22 Nov 1977: Motherhood (watercolour and black chalk, 18¾ × 11¾ ins/47.5 × 30 cm) NLG 80,000
London, 15 Dec 1977: Man with a Pipe: Portrait of Dr Gachet (1890, etching printed in sanguine, 7 × 6 ins/18 × 15 cm)GBP 4,000
New York, 3 May 1978: Man with a Pipe: Portrait of Dr Gachet (1890, etching printed in sanguine, 7 × 6 ins/18 × 15 cm)USD 16,500
London, 27 June 1978: Arles, View of the Wheatfields (1888, pen and sepia ink, 12¼ × 9½ ins/31.2 × 24.2 cm) GBP 200,000
New York, 16 May 1979: Seated Zouave (pen, 19½ × 24 ins/49.5 × 61 cm) USD 280,000
New York, 13 Feb 1980: Man with a Pipe: Portrait of Dr Gachet (1890, etching, inscribed on the reverse by Paul Gachet, 7¼ × 6 ins/18.3 × 15 cm) USD 25,000
New York, 22 Oct 1980: Corner of a Park, Arles (1888, pen and brown ink on paper, 12½ × 9½ ins/31.7 × 24.2 cm) USD 290, 000
New York, 12 Nov 1981: Man with a Pipe (1890, etching, 7¼ × 6 ins/18.2 × 15 cm) USD 9,000
Zurich, 14 May 1982: Landscape with Hayricks (1888, oil on canvas, 11¼ × 14½ ins/28.5 × 37 cm) CHF 250,000
London, 29 June 1983: Peasant Woman with a Basin (1885, pen and sepia ink, pencil, black chalk and wash, 12½ × 10 ins/32 × 25.7 cm) GBP 66,000
New York, 15 May 1984: La Robine du Roi (1888, oil on canvas, 29 × 24 ins/73.5 × 61 cm) USD 1,600,000
New York, 17 May 1984: Woman Spinning (1884, gouache, 13 × 16¼ ins/33 × 41 cm) USD 75,000
New York, 24 April 1985: Landscape with Rising Sun (1889, oil on canvas, 28¾ × 36¼ ins/73 × 92 cm) USD 9,000,000
New York, 17 Nov 1986: Rooftops, Arles (1888, pencil, reed pen and ink on paper, 10 × 13½ ins/25.5 × 34.5 cm) USD 390,000
London, 30 March 1987: Sunflowers (1889, oil on canvas, 39½ × 30 ins/100.5 × 76.5 cm) GBP 22,500,000
New York, 12 May 1987: Weaver (1883-1884, gouache, 11¾ × 17 ins/30 × 43 cm) USD 260,000
Bern, 17 June 1987: The Smoker, or Man with a Pipe (1890, etching in brick-red ink) CHF 140,000
London, 29 June 1987: The Trinquetaille Bridge, Arles (1888, oil on canvas, 28¾ × 36¼ ins/73 × 92 cm) GBP 11,500,000
New York, 11 Nov 1987: Irises (1889, oil on canvas, 28 × 36½ ins/71 × 93 cm) USD 49,000,000
New York, 11 March 1988: Portrait of Adeline Ravoux (1890, oil on canvas, 29 × 21½ ins/73.7 × 54.7 cm) USD 12,500,000
London, 30 March 1988: Stable and Farm (1864, pencil, 7¾ × 11 ins/20 × 27 cm) GBP 22,000; Small Farm (oil on canvas, 13 × 17 ins/33 × 43 cm) GBP 83,600
New York, 11 May 1988: Portrait of Adeline Ravoux (1890, oil on canvas, 29 × 21½ ins/73.7 × 54.7 cm) USD 13,750,000
New York, 12 May 1988: Young Blacksmith (black chalk and pencil on paper on card, 17¾ × 9½ ins/45.1 × 24.2 cm) USD 110,000
Calais, 13 Nov 1988: Barn and Farm (graphite, 7¾ × 11 ins/20 × 27 cm) FRF 410,000
London, 4 April 1989: Country House in Stes-Maries (ink, sepia, and pencil, 12 × 19 ins/30.5 × 47.4 cm) GBP 2,310,000
New York, 18 Oct 1989: The Man Is at Sea (1889, oil on canvas, after Demont-Breton, 26 × 20 ins/66 × 51 cm) USD 7,150,000
New York, 14 Nov 1989: Trunk of an Old Yew Tree (1888, oil on canvas, 36¼ × 28½ ins/92 × 72.4 cm) USD 20,350,000
New York, 15 Nov 1989: Quarry near St-Rémy (oil on canvas, 20½ × 25¼ ins/52 × 64 cm) USD 11,550,000
Paris, 20 March 1990: Rooftops (1882, watercolour and gouache, 15¼ × 22¼ ins/39 × 56.5 cm) FRF 27,000,000
London, 2 April 1990: Head of a Peasant (1885, oil on canvas, study for The Potato Eaters, 15½ × 12 ins/39.4 × 30.2 cm)GBP 550,000
New York, 15 May 1990: Portrait of Dr Gachet (oil on canvas, 26 × 22½ ins/66 × 57 cm) USD 82,500,000
New York, 14 Nov 1990: Flower Garden in Arles (1888, bamboo reed pen with ink, 24 × 19¼ ins/61 × 49 cm) USD 8,360,000
Paris, 24 Nov 1990: The Beach in Scheveningen (1882, watercolour, 11 × 17¾ ins/27 × 45 cm) FRF 2,300,000
Amsterdam, 12 Dec 1990: Sien’s Mother’s House, Seen from the Courtyard (pencil and ink heightened with white on tinted paper, 18 × 11½ ins/45.5 × 29 cm) NLG 494,500
New York, 6 Nov 1991: Garden with Weeping Willow (brown ink on pencil on vellum, 14¾ × 9½ ins/37.7 × 24.2 cm) USD 1,320,000
London, 3 Dec 1991: Fishing-boats at Anchor (oil on canvas, 20½ × 25½ ins/52 × 65 cm) GBP 1,430,000
New York, 12 May 1992: Prayer (1882, pencil, charcoal, and ink heightened with white gouache on paper, 23½ × 19¾ ins/60 × 50 cm) USD 495,000
London, 30 June 1992: Study of Peasants at Work, Sowing and Digging (recto); Figure of a Man in front of a Farm (verso) (pencil on paper (recto), black chalk on paper (verso), 9¼ × 12½ ins/23.8 × 31.7 cm) GBP 44,000; Still-life with Blossoming Almond Branch (1888, oil on canvas, 9½ × 7½ ins/24 × 19 cm) GBP 1,320,000
New York, 10 Nov 1992: Head of Peasant, Full-face (pencil on paper, 13 × 8 ins/33 × 20.3 cm) USD 385,000
London, 1 Dec 1992: Old Man Warming Himself (pencil, charcoal, and ink, 13¼ × 10 ins/33.7 × 25.4 cm) GBP 132,000
Paris, 6 Dec 1992: Garden in Auvers (oil on canvas, 25¼ × 31½ ins/64 × 80 cm) FRF 55,000,000
Amsterdam, 26 May 1993: Farmer Chopping Wood with a Small Axe (pencil/paper, 15¾ × 7¾ ins/40 × 19.5 cm) NLG 138,000
New York, 2 Nov 1993: Bouquet of Flowers (1886, oil on canvas, 21 × 17½ ins/53.4 × 44.5 cm) USD 1,487,500
London, 29 Nov 1993: Sien, Left Profile (1883, pencil and black chalk/paper, 11¼ × 7 ins/28.5 × 18 cm) GBP 84,000
Amsterdam, 31 May 1994: Bridge near Schenkweg, The Hague (ink heightened with white/paper, 8½ × 13 ins/21.3 × 33 cm) NLG 184,000
New York, 8 Nov 1994: Wheatfield with Sheaves (pencil, ink, and sepia/vellum, 9½ × 12½ ins/24.1 × 31.8 cm) USD 2,092,500
London, 27 June 1995: Corner of a Park (ink/vellum, 12½ × 9½ ins/31.7 × 24.2 cm) GBP 474,500; The Reaper (oil on canvas, after Millet, 17¼ × 10 ins/43.5 × 24.5 cm) GBP 2,751,500
New York, 8 Nov 1995: Undergrowth (1890, oil on canvas, 28¾ × 36¼ ins/73.3 × 92.1 cm) USD 26,952,500
New York, 30 Apr-1 May 1996: Interior of a Restaurant (oil on canvas, 20 × 25¾ ins/51.1 × 65.4 cm) USD 10,342,500; View of the Artist’s Bedroom, Rue Lepic (oil on card, 18 × 15 ins/46 × 38.4 cm) USD 1,652,500
London, 24-25 June 1996: Watermill in Gennep (1884, oil on canvas, 33½ × 59½ ins/85 × 151 cm) GBP 551,500; Vase with Carnations (oil on canvas, 16¼ × 12½ ins/41 × 32 cm) GBP 3,081,500
London, 25 June 1996: Sien with an Umbrella and Prayerbook (c. 1882-1883, black chalk and pencil/paper/card, 18¼ × 9 ins/46.1 × 22.7 cm) GBP 150,000
New York, 13 Nov 1996: Woman in a Garden (1887, oil on canvas, 20 × 24½ ins/50.8 × 62.5 cm) USD 3,412,500
New York, 14 Nov 1996: Young Woman of Scheveningen, Knitting, Seen from the Right (1881, watercolour and gouache/paper, 20½ × 14¼ ins/52.2 × 36.5 cm) USD 442,500
London, 2 Dec 1996: Landscape with Woman and Child (1883, pencil and black ink heightened with wash/paper, 11½ × 17¼ ins/29.3 × 43.8 cm) GBP 155,500
London, 4 Dec 1996: Two Hands (oil on canvas/panel, 11 × 6¾ ins/28 × 17 cm) GBP 40,000
New York, 14 May 1997: Prayer (1882, pencil, charcoal, and ink heightened with white gouache/paper, 23½ × 19¾ ins/60 × 50 cm) USD 1,982,500
Amsterdam, 4 June 1997: Portrait of a Woman (pencil/paper, 11½ × 8 ins/29.5 × 20.5 cm) NLG 230,640
Paris, 10 June 1997: Man with a Pipe: Portrait of Dr Gachet (1890, etching, 7 × 5¾ ins/18 × 14.7 cm) FRF 430,000
London, 24 June 1997: Harvest in Provence (1888, pencil, pen, and brown ink, watercolour and gouache/paper, 19 × 23½ ins/48 × 60 cm) GBP 8,801,500
Amsterdam, 2 Dec 1997: Thatched Cottage (c. 1885, oil on canvas/panel, 12½ × 18 ins/32 × 46 cm) NLG 1,383,840
New York, 19 Nov 1998: Self-portrait Without a Beard (Portrait de l’artiste sans barbe) (1889, oil on canvas, 16 × 13 ins/41 × 33 cm) USD 65,000,000
New York, 12 May 1999: La Roubine du Roi (1888, oil on canvas, 29 × 24 ins/74 × 61 cm) USD 18,000,000
New York, 8 Nov 1999: Pont de Trinquetaille (1888, oil on canvas, 26 × 32 ins/65 × 81 cm) USD 14,000,000
New York, 8 May 2000: Entrance to the Parc de Voyer-d’Argenson at Asnieres (oil on canvas, 22 × 27 ins/55 × 68 cm) USD 1,600,000
New York, 10 May 2000: Flowers in a Vase (oil on canvas, 16 × 12 ins/40 × 31 cm) USD 4,200,000
New York, 7 May 2001: Arles Seen from the Wheat Fields (reed pen/sepia ink, 12 × 9 ins/31 × 24 cm) USD 4,000,000
London, 26 June 2001: Eglogue Provence—a Pair of Lovers (1888, oil on canvas, 13 × 9 ins/32 × 23 cm) GBP 2,600,000
New York, 8 May 2002: Peasant Woman, Half-figure, Sitting (1884-1885, oil on canvas/panel, 16 × 11 ins/40 × 29 cm)USD 600,000
New York, 5 Nov 2002: Mother and Child (1885, oil on canvas board, 17 × 13 ins/43 × 34 cm) USD 750,000
New York, 4 Nov 2003: Allée des Alyscamps (1888, oil on canvas, 36 × 29 ins/92 × 73 cm) USD 10,500,000
New York, 5 Nov 2003: Harvest in Provence (watercolour/charcoal/ink, 20 × 24 ins/50 × 61 cm) USD 9,200,000
London, 21 June 2004: Two Crabs (1888–1889, oil on canvas, 19 × 24 ins/47 × 61 cm) GBP 4,600,000
London, 22 June 2004: Peasant Woman Gleaning (1885, chalk and wash heightened with white, 21 × 17 ins/53 × 42 cm)GBP 360,000
New York, 3 Nov 2004: Trinquetaille Bridge (Pont de Trinquetaille) (1888, oil on canvas, 26 × 32 ins/66 × 81.3cm) USD 10,000,000
London, 20 June 2005: Woman in a Garden (1887, oil on canvas, 20 × 24 ins/50.8 × 61cm) GBP 2,600,000.
London, 21 June 2005: Novel Reader (Liseuse de romans) (1888, oil on canvas, 29 × 37 ins/73.7 × 94cm) GBP 2,100,000
New York, 2 May 2006: Arlesienne, Madame Ginoux (1890, oil on canvas, 26 × 21 ins/66 × 53.3cm) USD 36,000,000
New York, 7 Nov 2006: A Pair of Shoes (1886, oil on canvas, 15 × 16 ins/38.1 × 40.6cm) USD 8,000,000
New York, 9 May 2007: Pollard Willow (1882, watercolour, gouache, pen, black ink on paper on board, 15 × 22 ins/38.1 × 55.9cm) USD 1,400,000; View from Vincent’s Window (1887, oil on board, 22 × 15 ins/55.9 × 38.1cm) USD 4,400,000
Bern, 6 June 2008: Seamstress by a Window (Die Näherin beim Fenster) (1881, watercolour over charcoal with pastel and body colour on vellum, 23½ × 17½ ins/9.8 × 44cm) CHF 1,550,000
New York, 3 Nov 2009: Weaver (1884, oil on canvas laid down on board, 14½ × 17¾ ins/36.6 × 45cm) USD 818,500
London, 23 June 2010: Garden of St Paul Hospital (Parc de l’hôpital Saint-Paul) (1889, oil on canvas, 26¼ × 20½ ins/66.7 × 51.5cm) GBP 9,001,250
New York, 3 Nov 2010: Plaster Statuette: Female Torso, Front View (Statuette de plâtre: torse de femme, vue de face) (1887, oil on canvas, 28¾ × 21½ ins/73 × 54.1cm) USD 3,666,500
London, 21 June 2011: Head of a Peasant Woman: Right Profile (1884, oil on canvas laid down on panel, 15 ¾ × 12 ins/40 × 30cm) GBP 993,250
London, 7 Feb 2012: Vue de l’asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Rémy (1889, oil on canvas, 18 × 24 ins/45.1 × 60.4 cm) GBP 10,121,250; Pollard Willow (1882, watercolour, gouache and pen and ink on paper, 15 × 22 ins/38.1 × 55.9 cm) GBP 1,273,250
London, 20 June 2012: Sorrow (1882, pencil and wash on paper, 18½ × 12 ins/46.7 × 30.2 cm)
GBP 1,329,250
New York, 7 May 2013: Peasant Woman Reeling Yarn (1885, black chalk on paper, 11¼ × 14¼ ins/28 × 36 cm) USD 785,000
Zürich, 19 June 2013: Pont de Clichy (1887, oil on canvas, 21¾ × 18¼ ins/55 × 46 cm) CHF 6,575,000
London, 5 Feb 2014:
View From the Window of Vincent’s Studio (1883, pen and ink and pencil on paper, 8¼ × 5½ ins/20.7 × 13.5 cm) GBP 962,500;
View From the Window of Vincent’s Studio in Winter (gouache, watercolour, and pencil on paper, 15¾ × 23½ ins/40 × 59.5 cm) GBP 350,500;
L’homme est en mer (1889, oil on canvas, 26 × 20¼ ins/66 × 51 cm) GBP 16,882,500