Top 10 most expensive works of art sold at auction - in pictures

Edvard Munch's The Scream (1895), auctioned at Sotheby's Sales of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art on 2 May 2012 in New York City. The masterpiece is one of four versions created by Munch and the only one that is privately owned. The painting sold for $119,922,500

A visitor looks at Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust (1932), during a preview at Christie's in New York, 30 April 30 2010. The painting sold for $106,482,500

 A man walks behind L'homme qui Marche I (1961), by Alberto Giacometti at Sotheby's in London 12 January 2010. The sculpture sold for £65,001,250 ($105,182,398)

  Picasso's Boy With a Pipe (1905) on display at Sotheby's New York, 5 May 2004, prior to its auction. The painting sold for $104,168,000

 

Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912), goes under the hammer at Christie's New York, 8 November 2006. The painting sold for $87,936,000

 

A Sotheby's employee makes a final adjustment to Francis Bacon's Triptych (1976), on 14 April 2008 in London, England. The artwork sold for $85.9m to oligarch Roman Abramovich

 

This Chinese 18th century Qianlong dynasty porcelain vase, sold for £53,100,000 ($85,921,461) at Bainbridges auction house in London, 12 November 2010

Dora Maar au Chat (1941) by Pablo Picasso, held by employees at Sotheby's in London on 22 March 2006. The painting sold for £51,560,080 ($83,429,503)

 

Portrait of Dr Paul Gachet (1890) by Vincent van Gogh. This painting sold for $82,500,000 (£50,985,692) at Christie's in New York on 15 May 1990 

A woman stands in front of Claude Monet's Le Bassin aux Nymphéas (1919), at Christie's in London, 24 June 2008. The painting sold for £40,921,250 ($66,212,514)

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