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This list is constantly changing, with every major art auction that is
held, a new world
record is set. We will update this top ten list regularly to keep you informed and
up to date.
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#1
No 5 1948
by Jackson Pollock
(Abstract Expressionist)
Sold for $ 140,000,000
in a private sale by
David Geffen in 2006 |
 #2
Woman III
by
Willem de Kooning
(Abstract Expressionist)
Sold for $ 137,500,000
in a private sale by
David Geffen in 2006 |
 #3
Adele Block-Bauer I
by Gustav Klimt
(Austrian Symbolist Painter)Sold
for $135,000,000
in a private sale by
Maria Altman 2006 |
 #4
Garçon à la pipe
by Pablo Picasso
(Spanish
Painter & Sculptor)
Sold for $104,200,000
at Sotheby's
of New York
in 2004 |
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 #5
Dora Maar au Chat
by Pablo Picasso
(Spanish
Painter & Sculptor)
Sold for $95,200,000
at Sotheby's
of New York
in 2004 |
 #6
Adele Bloch-Bauer
II
by Gustav Klimt
(Austrian Symbolist Painter)
Sold for
$87,900,000
in a private sale by
Maria Altman 2006 |
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#7
Triptych
by Francis Bacon
(Irish
Figurative Painter)
Sold for $86,300,000
at Christie's
of New York
in 1990 |
 #8
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
by
Vincent Van Gogh
(Dutch Impressionist Painter)
Sold for $82,500,000
at Christie's
of New York
in 1990 |
#9
Claude Monet
Le Bassin aux Nymphéas
(French Impressionist)
Sold for $80,400,000
at Christie's
of London
in 2008
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#10
False Start
by Jasper Johns
(American Artist - Neo Dadaist)
Sold for $80,000,000
in a private sale by
David Geffen in 2006 |
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