💰Top 10 Most Expensive Art Pieces of All Time
Ranking Work name author Price (Estimated/Auction Price) year
1st place Salvator Mundi Leonardo da Vinci Approximately 450 million dollars (approximately 67 billion yen) 2017 (Christie's)
2nd place Interchange Willem de Kooning Approximately 300 million dollars (approximately 45 billion yen) 2015 (Private)
3rd place Shot Sage Blue Marilyn Andy Warhol Approximately 195 million dollars (approximately 29 billion yen) 2022 (Christie's)
4th place Number 17A Jackson Pollock Approximately 200 million dollars (approximately 30 billion yen) 2015 (Private)
5th place Nafia Faa Ipoipo Paul Gauguin Approximately 210 million dollars (approximately 31.5 billion yen) 2015 (Private)
6th place The Card Players Paul Cézanne Approximately 250 million dollars (approximately 37.5 billion yen) 2011 (by the Qatari Royal Family)
7th place Number 6 (Violet Rouge) Mark Rothko Approximately 186 million dollars (approximately 28 billion yen) 2014 (Private)
8th place Les Poseuses Georges Seurat Approximately 149 million dollars (approximately 22 billion yen) 2022 (Christie's)
9th place Garcon a la pipe Pablo Picasso Approximately 140 million dollars (approximately 21 billion yen) 2004 (Sotheby's)
10th place The Bridge Series (trilogy) Francis Bacon Approximately 142 million dollars (approximately 21.5 billion yen) 2013 (Christie's)
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📝 Supplementary Information
• The debate continues over whether Da Vinci's works are genuine or not.
• Private sales amounts may not be disclosed and are estimated amounts.
• Art is not just a painting, but is also treated as a "symbol of investment, power, and culture."