When it comes to collecting art , buying work byWarhol , Basquiat , Picasso , and other gone victor will always be a smart move , part because they ca n’t create any new pieces , which raises the time value of the exist ace . commit in piece of work by artists who are still alive can be a number trickier , but Artnet’slistof the 100 most collectible inhabit artists is a good spot to begin .
Using auction data roll up over the past five geezerhood , Artnet was able to quantify popularity and overall collectibility , ranking each creative person in terms of the number of whole caboodle sold and the total note value . At the top of list is 84 - year - old German visual artist Gerhard Richter , who according to Artnet envision 1418 of his works sell at auction between 2011 and the first few months of 2016 for a total of $ 1,207,418,584 . In 2nd place is American creative person Jeff Koons , with 721 pieces valued at $ 438,288,081 . There are other names scattered throughout the top 100 lean that casual art devotee will recognize , including Damien Hirst , Yoshitomo Nara , Robert Indiana , Ai Weiwei , and the ill-famed street artist , Banksy , but the remainder of the list will likely not face familiar to most .
GERHARD RICHTER,UNTITLED, 1985
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JEFF KOONS,SPLIT ROCKER, 2000
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Scroll down to read the full list , andhead over to Artnetto also see a inclination of the top selling lots from the past five years , which is also dominate by Richter and
Koons .
Top 100 Living Artists ( 2011 - 2016 )
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