Top 10 Prices at June Auction
The top ten most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in May 2006, according to
artnet’s Price Database, sold for a total of over $271.8 million!
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Amedeo Modigliani
Title: Jeanne hébuterne (Au chapeau)
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 36.2 x 21.3 in. / 92 x 54 cm.
Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Monday, June 19, 2006
Estimate: US$ 15,740,740 - 22,222,222
Sold For: US$ 30,296,296 PREMIUM
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Egon Schiele
Title: Herbstsonne
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 39.4 x 47.4 in. / 100 x 120.5 cm.
Sale Of: Christie's London: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Estimate: US$ 7,407,407 - 11,111,111
Sold For: US$ 21,792,592 PREMIUM
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Pablo Picasso
Title: Le peintre et son modèle
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 51.2 x 63.8 in. / 130 x 162 cm.
Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Monday, June 19, 2006
Estimate: US$ 9,259,259 - 12,962,962
Sold For: US$ 13,703,703 PREMIUM
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Edgar Degas
Title: La sortie du bain
Medium: pastel
Size: 20.7 x 20.8 in. / 52.5 x 52.8 cm.
Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Monday, June 19, 2006
Estimate: US$ 8,333,333 - 12,037,037
Sold For: US$ 12,459,259 PREMIUM
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Title: The Blue Rigi: Lake of Lucerne, sunrise
Medium: watercolor, bodycolor, pen and ink, heightened with white chalk
Size: 11.7 x 17.7 in. / 29.7 x 45 cm.
Sale Of: Christie's London: Monday, June 5, 2006
Estimate: N/A
Sold For: US$ 11,003,773 PREMIUM
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Title: Femmes dans un jardin
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 21.7 x 25.8 in. / 55 x 65.5 cm.
Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Monday, June 19, 2006
Estimate: US$ 7,407,407 - 11,111,111
Sold For: US$ 9,140,740 PREMIUM
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Pablo Picasso
Title: Homme à la pipe assis et amour
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 76.8 x 38 in. / 195 x 96.5 cm.
Sale Of: Christie's London: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Estimate: US$ 5,283,018 - 7,169,811
Sold For: US$ 7,896,296 PREMIUM
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Paul Cézanne
Title: Maisons dans la verdure
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 32 x 25.5 in. / 81.3 x 64.8 cm.
Sale Of: Christie's London: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Estimate: US$ 6,603,773 - 8,490,566
Sold For: US$ 7,688,888 PREMIUM
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Pierre Bonnard
Title: Place Clichy
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 40.2 x 45.9 in. / 102 x 116.5 cm.
Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Monday, June 19, 2006
Estimate:US $ 4,629,629 - 6,481,481
Sold For: US$ 7,688,888 PREMIUM
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Lionel Feininger
Title: Angler mit blauem Fisch II (Angler with blue fish II)
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 22.4 x 29.5 in. / 57 x 75 cm.
Sale Of: Sotheby's London: Monday, June 19, 2006
Estimate: US$ 3,333,333 - 4,629,629
Sold For: US$ 7,688,888 PREMIUM
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