Picasso's Women of Algiers has become the most expensive painting to sell at auction, which went for $179.3m (£115m) at Christie's in New York. It was auctioned yesterday and it was believed to be sold at $140m but was eventually sold for $179.3m has potential buyers increased.
The previous world record for a painting sold at auction was $142.4m, for British painter Francis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud. That sold at Christie's in 2013.
Experts believe the investment value of art is behind the high prices.
The previous world record for a painting sold at auction was $142.4m, for British painter Francis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud. That sold at Christie's in 2013.
Experts believe the investment value of art is behind the high prices.
Painting looks cool but that amount,,men its vanity...
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