The most expensive work of art

$104,000,000

A masterpiece by Pablo Picasso brush, written in 1905, when he was only 24 years old, became the most expensive ever sold the product in the history of the auction “Sotheby’s, where he was bought for $ 104 million painting”Garcon a la pipe” (« Boy with a pipe “) is considered one of the most important early works by the artist, and therefore its value is twice the amount that someone paid for it.

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The most expensive clock

$11,000,000

This is the most clever and at the same time the most expensive clock ever sold at auction “Sotheby’s”.

This pocket timepiece is made of pure gold and is equipped with 24 completions, not counting the hour, minute and second hands.

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The most expensive photo

$3,400,000

The most expensive photo – “99 Cent II Diptychon “. This is not a single photo and the composition of photos. The fact that the masterpiece is the result of combining two digital images, consisting of six images taken at the supermarket. The first part of the composition “99 Cent II Diptychon ” photo artist Andreas Gursky was sold in February 2007 at an auction “Sotheby’s” in London for $ 3,346,456. The second for $ 2.48 million in November 2006, at the same auction. Photo size 207 x 307 cm plot of the composition is quite simple. At the most expensive photo shows rows of shelves in the supermarket during the regular sale with the slogan “All the goods for 99 cents. ” In the photo fotorgraf maintains its principal HEREUNDER – show an overall plan with clearly defined melkmi details (click on photo to see one of the images in a larger size). For a general view, the most expensive picture looks like a continuous chaos, although closer inspection you can find the ordering of objects in the picture.

Most expensive picture

Most expensive picture

1. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt ($135,000,000)

This record breaking sale was enabled by a court order by the Austrian government to return the painting to the Artist’s rightful heir. The entire dispute lasted over a year and was necessary to return the painting that was looted by the Nazis during World War II. Skillfully painted in 1907 by the art nouveau master Gustav Klimt, the painting was purchased by Ronald S. Lauder, the cosmetics heir, in 2006. Read the rest of this entry »