Top best selling artists in auctions in 2010 in the world

1) Pablo Picasso sold a total of 1,269 lots out of 1,709 offered for a total of $405,708,629 (over $319,000 per lot)

2) Andy Warhol sold a total of 764 lots out of 1,082 offered for a total of $355,732,348 (over $465,000 per lot)

3) Alberto Giacometti sold a total of 75 lots out of 101 offered for a total of $238,049,966 (over $3.17 million per lot)

4) Henri Matisse sold a total of 203 lots out of 291 offered for a total of $196,189,286 (over $966,000 per lot)

5) Amedeo Modigliani sold a total of 17 lots out of 29 offered for a total of $156,661,240 (over $9.21 million per lot)

6) Roy Lichtenstein sold a total of 245 lots out of 308 offered for a total of $124,393,190 (over $507,000 per lot)

7) Claude Monet sold a total of 27 lots out of 30 offered for a total of $89,726,464 (over $3.32 million per lot)

8) Gustav Klimt sold a total of 37 lots out of 60 offered for a total of $76,534,403 (over $2 million per lot)

9) Gerhard Richter sold a total of 121 lots out of 177 offered for a total of $75,687,768 (over $625,000 per lot)

10) Jean Michel Basquiat sold a total of 58 lots out of 70 offered for a total of $73,897,940 (over $1.27 million per lot)

11) Mark Rothko sold a total of 8 lots out of 9 offered for a total of $72,137,804 (over $9 million per lot)

12) Lucio Fontana sold a total of 100 lots out of 150 offered for a total of $62,948,801 (over $629,000 per lot)

13) Zhang Daqian sold a total of 124 lots out of 133 offered for a total of $60,481,886 (over $487,000 per lot)

14) Yves Klein sold a total of 42 lots out of 52 offered for a total of $53,261,592 (over $1.26 million per lot)

15) Alexander Calder sold a total of 176 lots out of 246 offered for a total of $52,090,908 (over $295,000 per lot)

16) Fernand Léger sold a total of 122 lots out of 174 offered for a total of $51,729,465 (over $424,000 per lot)

17) Auguste Renoir sold a total of 152 lots out of 216 offered for a total of $49,988,171 (over $328,000 per lot)

18) J.M.W Turner sold a total of 18 lots out of 24 offered for a total of $48,850,401 (over $2.71 million per lot)

19) Joan Miró sold a total of 518 lots out of 707 offered for a total of $48,105,908 (over $92,000 per lot)

20) Marc Chagall sold a total of 488 lots out of 690 offered for a total of $46,309,364 (over $94,000 per lot)

The top 20 selling artists' 2010 total: $2,338,485,534

* As of Dec. 19, 2010, includes results from all major and mid-level auction houses