Lenoard da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi has become the most expensive work of art ever auctioned after fetching US$450.3m at Christie’s New York. It broke the record previously held by Picasso’s Women of Algiers, which fetched US$179.4 million at Christie’s in May 2015. The Value takes this opportunity to go through the top 10 paintings ever sold at auctions.
1st ｜Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Salvator Mundi.
Auction house: Christie’s New York
Auction date: 2017/11/15
Buyer: unknown
Price realized: US$450,312,500
2nd ｜Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O).
Auction house: Christie’s New York
Auction date: 2015/5/11
Buyer (believed to be): Hamad bin Jassim
Selling price: US$179,365,000
3rd ｜Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920). Nu couché.
Auction house: Christie’s New York
Auction date: 2015/11/9
Buyer: Liu Yiqian
Selling price: US$170,405,000
4th ｜Francis Bacon (1909-1992). Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
Auction house: Christie’s New York
Auction date: 2013/11/12
Buyer(believed to be): Elaine Wynn
Selling price: US$142,405,000
5th｜Edvard Munch (1863-1944). The Scream.
Auction house: Sotheby’s New York
Auction date: 2012/5/2
Buyer (believed to be): Leon Black
Selling price: US$119,922,600
6th｜Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988). Untitled.
Auction house: Sotheby’s New York
Auction date: 2017/5/18
Buyer: Yusaku Maezawa
Selling price: US$110,487,500
7th｜Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Nude, Green Leaves and Bust.
Auction house: Christie’s New York
Auction date: 2010/5/4
Buyer (believed to be): Leonard Blavatnik
Selling price: US$106,482,500
8th｜Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster).
Auction house: Sotheby’s New York
Auction date: 2013/11/13
Buyer: Unknown
Selling price: US$105,445,000
9th ｜Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Garçon à la pipe.
Auction house: Sotheby’s New York
Auction date: 2004/5/5
Buyer: Unknown
Selling price: US$104,168,000
10th｜Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997). Nurse.
Auction house: Christie’s New York
Auction date: 2015/11/9
Buyer: Unknown
Selling price: US$95,365,000