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ARTS / THE VISUAL ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
List: Top 10 Most Expensive Paintings Sold at Auction
Date: Up to February 28, 2000
Source: www.soyouwanna.com
Base: Paintings Sold at Auctions
Notes: Since this list was created 'Garçon à la pipe' by Pablo Picasso was
sold for $104.1 million on May 4, 2004 at Sotheby's, New York and 'Massacre of the Innocents' by Peter Paul Rubens
was sold for £49.5 million ($76.7 million) on July 10, 2002 at Sotheby's, London. There maybe more but these were the only two your editor could find in a very brief web search.
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Painting
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Painter
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Price ($ mn)
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Where Sold
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Portrait of Dr. Gachet
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Vincent Van Gogh
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82.5
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Christie's N.Y.
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Au Moulin de la Galette
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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78.1
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Sotheby's N.Y.
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Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe
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Vincent Van Gogh
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70.5
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Christie's N.Y.
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Still Life with Curtain, Pitcher, and Bowl of Fruit
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Paul Cezanne
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60.5
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Sotheby's N.Y.
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Les Noces de Pierrette
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Pablo Picasso
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51.7
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Sotheby's N.Y.
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Woman Seated in a Garden
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Pablo Picasso
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49.5
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Sotheby's N.Y.
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Irises
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Vincent Van Gogh
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49.0
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Sotheby's N.Y.
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Le reve
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Pablo Picasso
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48.4
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Christie's N.Y.
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Nude in a Black Armchair
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Pablo Picasso
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45.1
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Christie's N.Y.
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Self-Portrait: Yo Picasso
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Pablo Picasso
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43.5
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Sotheby's N.Y.
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