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| Spending $20 million, $50 million or even $100 million on a painting at auction is serious business. Hot duels between mysterious billionaires, bidding on the phone, from the hidden sky booths in the auction room or from the crowded auction floor, have become the stuff of headlines. Back in 1999, artnet Magazine's then-art-market correspondent Andrew Decker envisioned the sales of a $100 million painting -- a prediction that came true in 2004 when Pablo Picasso's delicate Rose Period picture, Boy with a Pipe, sold to an unknown buyer for $104 million. As Decker pointed out, however, auctions and the art market are not strictly about the bottom line. The big evening sales at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips are about a special kind of art-world theater, society and passion, as well as about art and money. What follows is a listing of the top lots at auction during the past 16 years, a collection of masterpieces by Cezanne, de Kooning, Klimt, Picasso, van Gogh and several other household names. What makes this particular cream rise to the top? We invite the readers of the artnet Newsletter to peruse the pictures and decide for themselves. Most expensive artworks sold at auction, per year, between 1989 and 2004 All artworks can be found in artnet's Price Database. |
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2004 Garçon à la pipe Pablo Picasso Sotheby's New York: May 5, 2004 Sold For:US$ 104,168,000 |
2003 Landhaus am Attersee Gustav Klimt Sotheby's New York: November 5, 2003 Sold For:US$ 29,128,000 |
2002 The Massacre of the Innocents Sir Peter Paul Rubens Sotheby's London: July 10, 2002 Sold For:US$ 75,930,440 |
2001 La montagne Sainte-Victoire Paul Cézanne Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg New York: May 7, 2001 Sold For: US$ 38,502,500 |
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2000 Femme aux bras croisés Pablo Picasso Christie's New York: November 8, 2000 Sold For:US$ 55,006,000 |
1999 Rideau, cruchon et compôtier Paul Cézanne Sotheby's New York: May 10, 1999 Sold For: US$ 60,502,500 |
1998 Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe Vincent van Gogh Christie's New York: November 19, 1998 Sold For:US$ 71,502,496 |
1997 Le rêve Pablo Picasso Christie's New York: November 10, 1997 Sold For: US$ 48,402,500 |
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1996 Woman Willem de Kooning Christie's New York: November 20, 1996 Sold For: US$ 14,200,000 |
1995 Angel Fernandez de Soto Pablo Picasso Sotheby's New York: May 8, 1995 Sold For: US$ 29,152,500 |
1994 DAME MIT FACHER Gustav Klimt Sotheby's New York: May 11, 1994 Sold For:US$ 11,662,500 |
1993 Nature morte - Les grosses pommes Paul Cézanne Sotheby's New York: May 11, 1993 Sold For: US$ 28,602,500 |
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1992 THE OLD HORSE GUARDS, LONDON, FROM ST. JAMES'S PARK Canaletto Christie's London: April 15, 1992 Sold For: US$ 16,228,600 |
1991 VENUS AND ADONIS (TITIAN AND WORKSHOP) Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) Christie's London: December 13, 1991 Sold For:US$ 13,555,600 |
1990 Portrait du Dr. Gachet Vincent van Gogh Christie's New York: May 15, 1990 Sold For:US$ 82,500,000 |
1989 Self Portrait: Yo Picasso Pablo Picasso Sotheby's New York: May 9, 1989 Sold For: US$ 47,850,000 |
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