American, b. 1957
Tony Oursler
100results on record
63%sell-through
$17,838median result (USD, incl. premium; 96% observed, 4% estimated from hammer)
$102,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 100 recorded results (78 sold · 22 passed) across 14 auction houses, 1998–2026. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 96% observed, 4% estimated from hammer method · log scale
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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 | 10 | 33% | $2,015 |
| ceramics & design | 6 | 100% | $14,975 |
| painting | 6 | 67% | $31,121 |
| other | 5 | 100% | $24,021 |
| photography | 3 | 100% | $504 |
Medium is recorded for 30 of 100 results (30%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Andy Warhol Tony Oursler Andy Warhol
| Metric | Tony Oursler | Andy Warhol |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $17,838 | $32,500 |
| Record price | $102,000 | $195,040,000 |
| Results on record | 100 | 15,103 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Andy WarholDamien HirstSol LewittGeorge Condo
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
68/ 100
- Sell-through63%
- Meets estimate62%
- Market depth100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | 25 | 100% | $27,164 | — |
| Sotheby's | 24 | 62% | $25,000 | 0.81× |
| Phillips | 24 | 71% | $13,171 | — |
| Rago | 4 | 100% | $884 | — |
| Grisebach | 3 | — | $25,513 | — |
| Wright | 3 | 67% | $844 | — |
| Kruso Art | 7 | 29% | $1,051 | 0.60× |
| Bonhams | 5 | 20% | $21,675 | 0.97× |
| Artcurial | 1 | — | $15,136 | 0.80× |
| Ketterer Kunst | 1 | — | $24,021 | — |
| Casa d'aste Boetto | 1 | 100% | $4,003 | 0.86× |
| Heritage Auctions | 1 | 100% | $16,250 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Dorotheum | 1 | 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 101 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 22 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·05 | The Revolving Lamp | $800–$1,200 | Rago | |||
| 2026·02 | Troubler | $10,000–$15,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·02 | Deadreception, 2001 | acrylic on paper | $500–$700 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2025·03 | Untitled | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·11 | (1957) | $1,154–$2,308 | Kruso Art | |||
| 2024·11 | Untitled (Talking Photograph) | $500–$700 | Rago | |||
| 2024·10 | Recognition (image 1-3.4) | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·09 | Tumble | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·09 | Recognition (image 1-3.1), from Recognition | $2,697–$4,045 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·04 | Boob | fibre de verre, DVD, lecteur DVD et projecteur | $11,539–$17,308 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·04 | Stone Blue | $13,847–$20,770 | Christie's | |||
| 2024·02 | (1957) | Mixed media | $346–$692 | Kruso Art | ||
| 2024·02 | (1957) | Mixed media | $346–$692 | Kruso Art | ||
| 2024·02 | (1957) | Mixed media | $346–$692 | Kruso Art | ||
| 2024·02 | (1957) | Mixed media | $346–$692 | Kruso Art | ||
| 2024·02 | (1957) | Mixed media | $346–$692 | Kruso Art | ||
| 2024·02 | (1957) | $35–$69 | Kruso Art | |||
| 2023·12 | Flame | $23,078–$34,617 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | All of it | $13,847–$20,770 | Christie's | |||
| 2023·10 | Eye for an Eye | $8,090–$10,787 | Christie's | |||
| 2023·09 | Cherry Nokia | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·04 | Untitled | $1,000–$1,500 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·03 | Kodak; Band-Aid; Altoids (three works) | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2023·03 | Blachart | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·09 | Sym | $24,270–$33,708 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·07 | Black Hole 2003 | $15,000–$20,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2022·04 | Oursler Tony | $3,462–$4,616 | Casa d'aste Boetto | |||
| 2022·03 | Cherry Nokia | $25,000–$35,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·03 | Dust and Shiny Painting | acrylic and glitter on aluminium, LCD monitor, DVD and DVD player | $10,787–$16,180 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·12 | Ohne Titel. 2003 | Acrylic and photograph, collaged on paper | $5,770–$8,077 | Grisebach | ||
| 2021·11 | Untilted | $1,731–$2,308 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·11 | Road Movie | $20,000–$30,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·10 | Untitled (Talking photograph) | $500–$1,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·10 | Untitled (Vaseline); Untitled (Nytol); Untitled (Alpine White); Untitled (Noxema); Untitled (Scuf Magic); Untitled (Carmex); Untitled (Vivarin); Untitled (Lubrin); Untitled (Mars Bar); and Untitled (Unisom Sleep Gel) | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·09 | Truth | $15,000–$20,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·03 | Eeek | $8,090–$10,787 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | Lunar Purple - 2007 | Aluminium peint et projection TV à écran plat<br/><br/>panneau en aluminium peint, projection TV à écran plat<br/><br/>panneau en aluminium peint, projection TV à écran plat<br/>Aluminium peint et projection TV à écran plat | $11,539–$17,308 | Artcurial | ||
| 2020·11 | Reader (with Tracey Leipold) | Cloth doll, projector mounted to VCR, VHS tape, safety pins | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2020·08 | poetic (coda) #47 | $1,348–$2,022 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·03 | Rock | $15,000–$20,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·02 | Syn | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·12 | Eight works: (i) Monkey ; (ii) Copy / Endocrin ; (iii) Cold War ; (iv) Untitled ; (v) Bean ; (vi) Gray Devil ; (vii) Sexual Bounce Back ; (viii) Screen | $10,787–$16,180 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·10 | Backwards Masking | $1,000–$1,500 | Wright | |||
| 2019·10 | Untitled | $1,000–$1,500 | Wright | |||
| 2019·10 | untitled | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·06 | Fool, from Door Cycle | $8,090–$10,787 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·11 | softy | $15,000–$20,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·09 | Mimetic 2 | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·09 | Mimetic 1 | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·03 | It Never Happened | painted wood, fiberglass, metal tripod, DVD, DVD Player and video projector | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·02 | Spontangled | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·02 | Thrown | $2,000–$3,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·11 | i. untitled #3 ii. untitled #8iii. untitled #19 | $4,045–$6,742 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·06 | Pentagram | $13,483–$20,225 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·06 | Kno | $33,708–$47,192 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·11 | untitled | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | Blue Transmission, 2000 | Video performance | $17,308–$17,308 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2016·02 | Blue Transmission | $13,483–$20,225 | Phillips | |||
| 2015·12 | Untitled | $13,483–$20,225 | Phillips | |||
| 2015·11 | Crying Doll (Floral #2) | $15,000–$20,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2015·10 | Autochthonous | cloth dolls, wood stands, video projector, VCR and videotape | $16,180–$24,270 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·10 | Animal (with Tracy Leipold) | cloth doll, wood stand, video projector, VCR, videotape and stone base | $9,438–$13,483 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·06 | „Separation“. 1999 | $20,770–$27,694 | Grisebach | |||
| 2015·05 | Damage | $9,231–$13,847 | Unsold listing | Christie's | ||
| 2015·03 | Crunch | $13,483–$20,225 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·09 | Blue Antenna, 1998 30 x 22 1/8in | $800–$1,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·06 | Polymorph-Polychrome | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·05 | „The Code“. 1996 | Videoinstallation: iron tubing chair, cloth figure, tripod and video projector | $10,385–$13,847 | Grisebach | ||
| 2014·05 | Blue Antenna, 1998 30 x 22 1/8in | $2,000–$3,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·04 | Groft | $4,045–$5,393 | Phillips | |||
| 2013·11 | Blue Antenna, 1998 | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2013·05 | Untitled, 2005 | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2013·03 | Sybil and Me | $15,000–$20,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2012·11 | Cherry Nokia | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2012·09 | Violent Flowers | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2011·10 | Kiss Cough | $16,180–$24,270 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2010·11 | Freeking (with Julie Lorin) | $12,000–$18,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2010·09 | Camcorder #11; Camcorder #2 | $2,000–$3,000 | Wright | |||
| 2009·07 | Laughing #2 | $13,483–$20,225 | Christie's | |||
| 2009·07 | Untitled | $13,483–$20,225 | Christie's | |||
| 2008·07 | Kiss Cough | $13,483–$20,225 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·07 | Untitled (Stimorol) watercolor and gouache on paper 10 x 13¼ in. (25.4 x c 33.7 cm.) Untitled (Camel Filters) watercolor and gouache on paper 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.) (2) | watercolor and gouache on paper | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·06 | Poetic (Coda) #25 | $2,697–$4,045 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·05 | Time is Nothing | $60,000–$80,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2007·02 | Untitled (Spock, ME & E.T.) | ink on paper | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2007·02 | Damage | projector, videotape, VCR, acrylic on fibreglass | $13,483–$20,225 | Christie's | ||
| 2006·11 | Sweet | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2006·11 | Sogg | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2006·05 | Inversion | $25,000–$35,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2005·06 | Bosses No. 68 | $20,225–$26,967 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·06 | Untitled | $1,348–$2,022 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2005·04 | Untitled | carbon and printed paper collage on paper | $1,500–$2,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2004·11 | Scum Bag | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·05 | Smoke | $35,000–$45,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2004·04 | Revelation | $30,000–$40,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2001·02 | Hysterics (from the 'Sub-lingual' series, featuring Tracy Leipold) | $13,483–$20,225 | Christie's | |||
| 2000·05 | Good/Bad | $30,000–$40,000 | Christie's | |||
| 1999·11 | Untitled | watercolor, glitter and printed paper collage on paper | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 1998·12 | MMPI Test Dummy No.2 | $10,787–$13,483 | Christie's | |||
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