#10. $105.4 million. Silver Car Crash [Double Disaster] by Andy Warhol, 1932.

The most expensive work by the most famous legend of Pop Art, Andy Warhol’s monumental “Silver Car Crash” was the star of the Contemporary Art evening sale at Sotheby’s.

#9. $106.5 million. Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Pablo Picasso, 1932.

This sensual and colorful masterpiece is the most expensive work by Picasso ever sold at auction. The work, formerly in the collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody, had been never exhibited in public since 1961.

#8. $110 million. Flag by Jasper Johns, 1958

“Flags” are Jasper Johns most famous works. The artist painted his first American flag in 1954–55, a work now at the MoMA.

#7. $119.9 million. The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1895

This iconic work was the most expensive painting ever sold at auction until it was surpassed by Bacon’s “Three Studies of Lucian Freud”. The work is the most colorful of the four versions of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream”, and the only one still in private hands.

#6. $135,000,000. Gustav Klimt – Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I.

This was sold by Maria Altmann, who – after a lengthy and complicated court battle – was deemed rightful owner of this Klimt and several others. Altmann was named as an inheritor of the painting in the will of by the widowed husband of the model herself, despite the efforts of the Austrian State, as Adele Bloch-Bauer had originally left the painting to the State Gallery in her own will. The painting was bought by Ronald Lauder for his Neue Galerie in New York, to be the centerpiece of a collection of Jewish-owned art rescued from the Nazi looting that took place in the Second World War

I expect mona-lisa to be the first

#5. $137,500,000. Willem de Kooning – Woman III.

Another painting sold by Geffen in 2006, but this time bought by billionaire Steven A. Cohen. It is part of a series of 6 painted by de Kooning in the period of 1951-53, which revolved around the theme of a woman, and is allegedly the only Woman still in private hands.

#4. $140,000,000. Jackson Pollock – No.5, 1948.

It is claimed by the New York Times that this painting was sold by David Geffen (of Geffen Records), to David Martinez (managing partner of Fintech Advisory). However, a press release issued on behalf of Martinez states that he didn’t actually purchase the painting. So the truth is shrouded in mystery, and it can only be rumored to have sold for a record-breaking $140 million

#3. $142,4 million. Three Studies of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon, 1969.

Not only the most expensive painting ever auctioned, but also a record for a contemporary work of art. Christie’s explained that when this work was painted, “the relationship between Freud and Bacon was at its apex”.

#2. $155 million. La Rêve (The Dream) by Pablo Picasso, 1932.

“La Rêve (The Dream)” is one of Picasso’s most sensual and famous paintings, depicting her lover Marie-Therese Walter sitting on a red armchair with her eyes closed. In 2006, Steve Wynn agreed to sell the painting to Steven Cohen for $139 million, but the sale was cancelled when Mr. Wynn accidentally damaged the work.

All i can see in some of this paintings na jagajaga.some paintings i did in KD2 are much finer tha most of these.now i believe that most discoveries in life came by accident.

#1. $250 million. The Card Players by Paul Cézanne,2011.

The exact price of The Card Players (even the currency of sale) is not known, with estimates from $259 million to even $320 million. The Card Players is a series of oil paintings by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne. Painted during Cézanne’s final period in the early 1890s, there are five paintings in the series. Keep in mind though guys, the Royal Family of Qatar didn’t buy the series – they bought just that one painting for ~259 million). The series is considered by critics to be a cornerstone of Cézanne’s art during the early-to-mid 1890s period, as well as a “prelude” to his final years, when he painted some of his most acclaimed work.The models for the paintings were local farm hands, some of whom worked on the Cézanne family estate, the Jas de Bouffan. Each scene is depicted as one of quiet, still concentration; the men look down at their cards rather than at each other, with the cards being perhaps their sole means of communication outside of work. One critic described the scenes as “human still life”, while another speculated that the men’s intense focus on their game mirrors that of the painter’s absorption in his art.

Mayydayy:
All i can see in some of this paintings na jagajaga.some paintings i did in KD2 are much finer tha most of these.now i believe that most discoveries in life came by accident.

i really don't understand why this paintings cost so much money.

Balkan:
i really don't understand why this paintings cost so much money.

Mod. FP things. lets those who know about arts tell us why this paintings should cost this much

MOST BUYERS NORMALLY HAVE OTHER INVESTMENTS LIKE CASH, OWN OR PARTLY OWN BUSINESSES, PROPERTIES, SHARES AND STOCK,

The super rich buy art as a means of storing their money to appreciate in value and price and to try and keep up or get ahead of inflation the same way people in NIGERIA buy land in an area hoping hoping for the land to appreciate in value and price over time and to keep up with inflation which is the increase in the price of goods and services.

physical and electronic cash depreciates and loses value and purchasing power over time due to inflation which is the rise in the price of goods and services for example there was a time a bottle of coke was 7naira.50 kobo but a bottle of coke is now 50 naira minimum in most shops so my 7naira.50 kobo twenty years ago will have to be 50 naira to buy me a bottle of coke today.


Rich people have different investments with the aims of 1. Increasing their money and wealth and assets(anything that appreciates or increases in price and value over time) 2. Keeping ahead of inflation 3. Storing wealth 4. Reducing business, investment, personal and financial risk and one way to reduce risk is not to put all eggs in one basket but to have different investments and assets like Share ownership in companies, have businesses that make money and profits, have land or and properties for rent, appreciation, or storage of wealth, diamonds, gold, old antique memorabilia like for example michael jacksons
Glove may cost much to buy, old or limited cars, , musicworks copyright,movie and fimworks copyrights, expensive artworks.

These passive investments do not require day to day monitoring and supervision like business and are also used to store wealth imagine saving 100 million cash in your house or bank or saving it as a painting or diamonds, they can also appreciate in value and can sometimes be used as collateral to get loans by the owner

Example Michael Jackson bought atv music publishing a music company which owned the musical copyrights for most of the songs of popular music group the beatles for 47.5 million US dollars in 1985. As at 2007 that investment was worth 390.6 million US DOLLARS WITH MANY READY BUYERS.

BOUGHT 1985 for 47.5 million US dollars,
AS AT 2007 twenty two years later now valued at 390.6 million US dollars with ready buyers.





Arts, diamonds, antique cars, music copyright ownership of valuable song catalogues are Long term Type of passive investments for the rich with the hope of saving wealth and long term price and value increase.


These type of assets are mainly bought , kept and sold by millionaire and billionaire (in us dollars) individuals, companies, corporations, rulers and politicians who usually have other types of traditional investments and want to diversify or spread their investment portfolio and are mainly long term investments which do not require day to day supervision just like buying a land to hope it appreciates over time and also to save or tie cash down and the land can also be used as collateral to borrow money or take loan.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS

I can buy gold, diamond, cars,antiques. But not painting. The value of painting depends on who likes it.

old fashion penting's

Only if the Mona Lisa is for sale...only if but its not. But still the money value can 3ple the card player
value or more #Leonardodavinci