The Most Expensive Paintings Sold at Auction
There are many original artworks out there which are attainable depending on your budget. From $200 and upwards for artists who are still alive and the prices of those from well know deceased artists, such as Leonardo DaVinci, Picasso and Andy Warhol, can fetch phenomenal prices at auction. most fine art, if genuine can be seen as a very prudent investment if you are able to demonstrate patience. Not for the short-term quick win scenarios.
Ownership of the finest paintings from a multitude of famous artists are owned by private individuals, but often are lent to museums so they are readily available for public viewing. Museums and art galleries also own a large proportion of the world’s most expensive paintings alongside many Royal Families from Europe and the Middle East, who hold some of the largest private collections. Below, we have listed the top most expensive paintings sold at auction:
1. Salvator Mundi (1500) by Leonarda DaVinci for $450 million
2. Interchange (1955) by Willem de Kooning for $300 million
3. The Card Players (1892) by Paul Cézanne for $250 million
4. Nafea Faa Ipoipo? (1892) by Paul Gauguin for $210 million
5. Number 17A (1948) by Jackson Pollock for $200 million
6. The Standard Bearer (1636) by Rembrandt for $197.9 million
7. The Shot Marilyns (1964) by Andy Warhol for $196 million
8. No. 6 (Violet, Green, and Red) (1951) by Mark Rothko for $186 million
9. Wasserschlangen II (1904 – 1907) by Gustav Klimt for $183 million
10. Portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit (1634) by Rembrandt for $ 180 million
11. Les Femmes d’ Alger (“Version O”) (1955) by Picasso for $179.4 million
12. Nu Couché (1917) by Amedeo Modigliani for $170 million
13. Masterpiece (1962) by Roy Lichtenstein for $165 million
14. Nu couché (Sur le côté Gauche) by Amedeo Modigliani for $170 million
15. Le Rêve (1932) by Pablo Picasso for $155 million
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