Most expensive art sold

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


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


• Picasso’s Boy With a Pipe (1905) on display at Sotheby’s New York, May 5, 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 Your, November 8, 2006. The painting sold for $87,936,000


• At Sotheby’s where Francis Bacon’s Triptych (1976) was on display on April 15, 2008 in London, England. The artwork sold for $85.9m to oligarch Roman Abramovich


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


• Portrait of Dr Paul Gachet (1890) by Vincent sold for $82,500,000 (£50,985,692) at Christie’s in New York on May 15 1990


• Claude Monet’s Le Bassin aux Nymphéas (1919), at Christie’s in London, June 24, 2008. The painting sold for huge sum of £40,921,250 ($66,212,514) — The Guardian