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Most Expensive Paintings in the World

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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 the list regularly to keep you informed and up to date.
  TOP TEN  

 
#1
No 5  1948
by Jackson Pollock
(Abstract Expressionist)

Sold for $ 140,000,000
in a private sale by
David Geffen in 2006

  

 

No 5 by Jackson Pollock
Woman III by Willem de Kooning
 

#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
by Gustav Klimt
(Austrian Symbolist Painter)

Sold for $135,000,000
in a private sale by
Maria Altman 2006

 

Garcon a la pipe by Picasso

 
#4
Garçon à la pipe
by Pablo Picasso
(Spanish Painter & Sculptor)

Sold for $104,200,000
at Sotheby's
of NewYork in 2004

 

#5
Dora Maar au Chat
by Pablo Picasso
(Spanish Painter & Sculptor)

Sold for $95,200,000
at Sotheby's
of NewYork in 2004

Dora Maar au Chat by Picasso

Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt
 

#6
Adele Bloch-Bauer
by Gustav Klimt
(Austrian Symbolist Painter)

Sold for $87,900,000
in a private sale by
Maria Altman 2006

 

#7
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
by Vincent Van Gogh

(Dutch Impressionist Painter)

Sold for $82,500,000
at Christie's
of NewYork in 1990
 

Portrait of Dr. Gachet
False Start by Jasper Johns
#8

False Start by Jasper Johns

(American Artist - Neo Dadaist)

Sold for $80,000,000
in a private sale by
David Geffen in 2006
 


#9

Bal au Moulin de la Galette
by Peirre-Auguste Renoir

(French Impressionist Painter)

Sold for $78,100,000
at Sotheby's
of NewYork in 1990
 

Bal au Moulin de la Galette by Renoir
Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens

 
#10
Massacre of the Innocents
by Peter Paul Rubens

(Flemish Baroque Painter)

Sold for $76,700,000
at Sotheby's
of NewYork in 1990

 

 

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