Belgian, 1898–1967
René Magritte
1,157results on record
92%sell-through
$286,456median result (USD, incl. premium; 85% observed, 15% estimated from hammer)
$79,209,363record in our coverage
Drawn from 1,157 recorded results (1,123 sold · 34 passed) across 27 auction houses, 1998–2026. 2 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 85% observed, 15% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.
Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
| Medium | Results | Sell-through | Median result (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| works on paper | 218 | 83% | $273,702 |
| painting | 174 | 92% | $1,597,095 |
| ceramics & design | 132 | 100% | $312 |
| prints | 94 | 95% | $4,531 |
| other | 40 | 92% | $10,838 |
| sculpture | 11 | 100% | $1,645,419 |
| photography | 9 | 75% | $297 |
Medium is recorded for 678 of 1,157 results (59%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Pablo Picasso René Magritte Pablo Picasso
| Metric | René Magritte | Pablo Picasso |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $286,456 | $10,507 |
| Record price | $79,209,363 | $179,365,000 |
| Results on record | 1,157 | 29,706 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Pablo PicassoJoan MiróMarc ChagallSalvador Dalí
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
81/ 100
- Sell-through92%
- Meets estimate58%
- Market depth1,157 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | 462 | 96% | $613,327 | 1.00× |
| Christie's | 412 | 95% | $589,900 | — |
| Bonhams | 50 | 84% | $6,849 | 1.06× |
| A10 by Artmark | 21 | 100% | $1,183 | 2.40× |
| Rago | 18 | 100% | $2,304 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 11 | — | $2,598 | — |
| Phillips | 10 | 100% | $1,241,000 | — |
| Dorotheum | 8 | 88% | $2,277 | — |
| Artcurial | 3 | — | $23,827 | 1.04× |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 4 | 75% | $9,600 | 1.07× |
| Dewit Auctions | 3 | 100% | $217 | 0.60× |
| Historia Auktionshaus | 4 | 75% | $207 | — |
| Lempertz | 3 | 67% | $9,316 | — |
| Kavanagh Auctions | 2 | 100% | $1,819 | — |
| Tiroche | 2 | 100% | $9,062 | 1.35× |
| Finarte | 2 | 100% | $5,836 | 1.96× |
| Kruso Art | 2 | 100% | $729 | 0.52× |
| Heritage Auctions | 2 | 100% | $2,625 | — |
| Grisebach | 1 | — | $3,991 | — |
| Lyon & Turnbull | 1 | — | $857 | 1.25× |
| SBI Art Auction | 1 | 100% | $307 | — |
| Koller | 1 | — | $1,553 | — |
| Antikauktion Krefeld | 1 | 100% | $315 | — |
| PASAREL | 1 | 100% | $3,500 | 0.66× |
| 1stbid | 2 | 50% | $812 | 0.96× |
| Carlo Bonte Auctions | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Yair gallery | 7 | 0% | — | — |
The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →
Prices realized 2,143 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 34 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 realized prices on this page are locked. A Research Pass reads 50 of them for $19, once — buy a pass | ||||||
| 2025·11 | Artist's Proof Etching, The Rape / Le Viol | Etching | — | Kavanagh Auctions | ||
| 2025·11 | Le Jockey perdu | $9,000,000–$12,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Frontispiece Drawing for “Ancre pique et soleil” | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Legs) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Le Symbole dissimulé | $1,200,000–$1,800,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | La Révélation du présent | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | La Représentation | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Le Jockey perdu | $800,000–$1,200,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Open Chest) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Wheel) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Head in Hat) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | L'Idée fixe | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Ruins) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | La folie des grandeurs (Megalomania) | $400,000–$600,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Clock in the Clouds) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Bowler Hat) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Leaf Bird) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (The Vase) | $1,000–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Bottles) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Key) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Pipe) | $300–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | “Schéhérazade”, 1950 | $650–$700 | 1stbid | |||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Night Terror) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Bottles) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Sentinels) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Candle) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Mannequin) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Bottles) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Key) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Mound) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Horse) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Headache) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | La magie noire | $5,806,000–$8,128,400 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·10 | Ceci est un morceau de fromage | $1,161,200–$1,741,800 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·10 | Le Tricheur | $580,600–$812,840 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·10 | La malédiction | $232,240–$348,360 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·10 | Sans titre | pastel and black Conté crayon on coloured paper | $2,687–$4,030 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Gallow) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Giraffe in Glass) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Head Window) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Serpent and Tower) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | La veillée (The Vigil) | collage with gouache, watercolour and Conté crayon on paper | $400,528–$667,547 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·10 | La voix du sang (Blood will tell) | gouache on paper laid down on card | $467,283–$734,302 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2025·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Legs) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Head in Hat) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Wheel) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Open Chest) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled (Ruins) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·09 | Dessin sans titre | $204,228–$272,304 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | Le Monde perdu | $204,228–$272,304 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·09 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·09 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·09 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·09 | L'Histoire centrale | $68,076–$95,306 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | L'Usage de la parole | $204,228–$272,304 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | Tête | $409,349–$682,248 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | Madame Récamier de David | $682,248–$955,147 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | Les Menottes de cuivre | $409,349–$682,248 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | La Statue volante | $12,280,461–$16,373,948 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | Untitled (Le Sens propre) | $955,147–$1,364,496 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | La Race blanche | $341,124–$477,573 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | La Race blanche | $1,364,496–$2,046,744 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | Les Bijoux Indiscrets | $900–$1,200 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·09 | Untitled (Man Outside Tower) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Giraffe in Glass) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Head Window) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Serpent and Tower) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Gallow) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Small Door) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Personnage Eclatant de Rire (Orange) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Wheel) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Head in Hat) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Legs) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Open Chest) | $300–$400 | Dane Fine Art | |||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Ruins) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Key) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Pipe) | $300–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Leaf Bird) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (The Vase) | $1,000–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Bottles) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Bowler Hat) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·08 | Untitled (Clock in the Clouds) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·07 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·07 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·07 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·07 | Untitled | $500–$600 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·07 | Untitled (Man Outside Tower) | $400–$500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·07 | Les Bijoux Indiscrets | $900–$1,200 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·07 | Le printemps (Spring) (2003) | lithograph | $3,474–$6,947 | Unsold listing | Templum Auctions | |
| 2025·07 | Untitled (Head Window) | $300–$400 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.