We have seen Paintings being sold at very high prices. Out of all the paintings ever sold in the history, The ten most expensive painting ever sold are :
1.”Nafea faa ipoipo” (When will you marry?)”, 1892
Painter : PAUL GAUGUIN
Price : $300 million
Seller : Rudolf Staechelin Family Trust
Buyer : Qatar Museums
2. “The Card Players”, 1892/93
Painter : PAUL CÉZANNE
Price : $250 million
Seller : George Embiricos
Buyer : Royal Family of Qatar.
3. “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version “O”)”, 1955
Painter : PABLO PICASSO
Price : $179.4 million
Seller : Private collection, Saudi Arabia
Buyer : Anonymous
4. “Nu couché (Reclining Nude)”, 1917-18
Painter : AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
Price : $170.4 million
Seller : Private collection
Buyer : Liu Yiqian
5. “La Rêve (The Dream)”, 1932
Painter : PABLO PICASSO
Price : $155 million
Seller : Steve Wynn.
Buyer : Steven A. Cohen
6. “Three Studies of Lucian Freud”, 1969
Painter : FRANCIS BACON
Price : $142.4 million
Seller : Francesco De Simone Niquesa
Buyer : Unknown
7. “Number 5, 1948”, 1948
Painter : JACKSON POLLOCK
Price : $140 million
Seller : David Geffen
Buyer : Unknown (rumoured to be Mexican businessman David Martinez)
8. “Woman III”, 1952-53
Painter : WILLEM DE KOONING
Price : $137.5 million
Seller : David Geffen
Buyer : Steven Cohen
9. “Adele Bloch-bauer I”, 1907
Painter : GUSTAV KLIMT
Price : $135 million
Private sale, 2006
Buyer : Ronald Lauder.
10. “The Scream”, 1895
Painter : EDVARD MUNCH
Price : $119.9 million
Sotheby’s New York , May 2012.
Buyer : anonymous
