Tehran Auction
IndustryArt Auction
Founded2012
FounderAlireza Sami-Azar
HeadquartersParsian Azadi Hotel, ,
ProductsArtworks
Websitetehranauction.com

Tehran Auction is an independent and private institution that operates in Tehran and is the main market for the sale of works of visual arts such as paintings, sculptures, calligraphy and photographs. This organization is the largest center for buying and selling works of art in Iran with a total sale of 65 billion Tomans in 2017.[1][2]

History

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Tehran Auction Group officially started its activity on June 8, 2012, in Tehran. The approach of this auction is to introduce the best examples of modern and contemporary Iranian art, from pioneer and well-known artists to young artists, to art collectors and global audiences.

his auction will be held at the Parsian Azadi Hotel in Tehran and it will be managed by Alireza Sami-Azar, the former director of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

The most expensive works

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On Friday, January 15, 2021, the painting "Memories of Hope" by Aydin Aghdashloo was offered at the Tehran auction at a base price of 1.2 billion Tomans and was finally sold for ten times that price, i.e. 12 billion Tomans. Previously, the most expensive work sold was a painting by Sohrab Sepehri, which was sold by Lili Golestan in Tehran's auction in 2019, in the ninth period, and was sold at a price of 5.1 billion tomans. After that, a work by Monir Farmanfarmaian with 4 billion tomans and another work by Hossein Zendaroudi with 3.5 billion tomans are at the top of the auction ranking.

Auction results

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Year Title Total sales (Rials) Total sales ($)
2012 Iran's modern and contemporary art auction 21,500,000,000 934,783
2013 Iran's modern and contemporary art auction 65,450,000,000 1,870,000
2014 Iran's modern and contemporary art auction 132,570,000,000 4,142,813
2015 Iran's modern and contemporary art auction 205,900,000,000 6,052,880
2016 Classical and modern Iranian art auction 253,620,000,000 6,854,595
2016 Iranian contemporary art auction 123,440,000,000 3,165,128
2017 Classical and modern Iranian art auction 261,130,000,000 6,871,842
2017 Iranian contemporary art auction 144,920,000,000 3,813,684
2018 Classical and modern Iranian art auction 313,780,000,000 7,383,059
2018 Iranian contemporary art auction 344,030,000,000 3,440,300
2019 Classical and modern Iranian art auction 437,040,000,000 3,973,091
2019 Iranian contemporary art auction 317,170,000,000 2,883,364
2020 Iran's modern and contemporary art auction 879,420,000,000 4,397,100
2021 Iranian contemporary art auction 427,180,000,000 1,857,304
2021 Iran's modern art auction 1,588,900,000,000 6,355,600
2022 Iranian contemporary art auction 781,000,000,000 2,871,324
2023 Iran's modern and contemporary art auction 2,137,100,000,000 4,274,200
2023 Iranian contemporary art auction (Online) 617,760,000,000 1,235,520
2024 Classical and modern Iranian art auction 2,417,200,000,000 4,834,400

References

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  1. ^ TABNAK, Tabnak News Agency (2019-01-11). "Sale of works of art worth 4 and 3.5 billion Tomans in Tehran's auction of 34 billions Sale / visual arts turnover of 65 billion in 2019". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  2. ^ "Mission - Tehran Auction". Retrieved 2024-06-11.

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