Most Expensive Paintings in the World

Most Expensive Paintings in the World

Here is a list of the most expensive works of art ever sold.
Get ready for prices that will make your head spin.

The Card Players - Paul Cézanne
It became the most expensive painting in the world when it sold for $250 million. It was bought by the Qatari royal family, which experts consider one of the biggest buyers on the global art market.

No. 5 - Jackson Pollock
It sold for a record $140 million. Interestingly, we don't know who bought this work, but it is rumored to have been Mexican businessman David Martínez.

Woman III - Willem de Kooning
It was valued at $137.5 million. This mid-20th-century painting was bought by Steven Cohen.

Adele Bloch-Bauer I - Gustav Klimt
This portrait was sold to Ronald Lauder for $135 million in 2006 and now adorns his gallery in New York.

The Scream - Edvard Munch
It depicts a figure screaming against a blood-red sky. It was recently sold to an unknown buyer for an incredible $119.9 million.

Nude, Green Leaves and Bust - Pablo Picasso
This painting was sold at auction in New York in 2010 for $106.5 million. It portrays Picasso's lover and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, from 1932. Incidentally, two more works by Picasso are among the 10 most expensive paintings sold: "Boy with a Pipe" and "Dora Maar with Cat".

Although art is said to be priceless, these works show that it can fetch astronomical prices. Few artists lived to see their works sell for such record-breaking sums.