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Most expensive paintings according to auction prices

Paintings sold at art auctions with the highest sales price* (in million U.S. dollars)

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Worldwide; theartwolf; May 2012 Source: theartwolf

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The statistic shows the paintings with the highest sales price at auctions. Edvard Munch's "The Scream" was sold for 119.9 million U.S. dollars at an auction of Sotheby's in May 2012.

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