The Most Expensive Old Masters Artworks Ever Sold at Auction

From rare Rubenses to a record-breaking Leonardo, these are the 10 top selling works in the category.

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Editor’s Letter

There was a distinct feeling that art market actors had run headlong off a cliff but had not yet mustered the courage to look down. 

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  William S. Smith
• Dec 1, 2018 10:35 am

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ARTSTAQ Wants to Transform the Art Market into a Stock Market

Launched in 2015, ARTSTAQ bills itself as a sort of NASDAQ stock exchange for art. By applying the principle of a standardized index measure to artists and their work, the London- and Prague-based…

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  Robin Scher
• May 12, 2017 12:00 pm

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The Cardigan That Kurt Cobain Wore On ‘MTV Unplugged’ Is Going Up For Auction

Super rich grunge enthusiasts, start your engines: Rolling Stone reported that Kurt Cobain’s iconic green cardigan from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged session is going up for auction on November 7. It comes…

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  John Chiaverina
• Nov 4, 2015 2:53 pm

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Sotheby’s Will Offer Picassos, Miros, Moores at November Impressionist and Modern Sale

Art market watchers will see whether the red-hot "masterpiece market" will continue to defy the broad economic slump at Sotheby's Nov. 5 Impressionist and modern evening sale. 

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  Brian Boucher
• Oct 19, 2012 12:31 pm

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Christie’s Will Offer an Yves Klein Sponge Relief in November

Christie's will auction off Yves Klein's Accord Bleu (Sponge Relief), formerly of the Brooklyn Museum's collection, at its Nov. 14 postwar and contemporary art sale in New York City. Christie's…

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  Mary Huber
• Sep 28, 2012 1:08 pm