World's Most Valuable Paintings

It is truly amazing how the world values magnificent paintings. In their lifetimes, most of the worlds most famous painters actually sold very few of their pieces. When they did, they were sold at a very meager price. Today the paintings of the masters sell in the tens to hundreds of million dollars. Here is a list of the Most Valuable Paintings in the World. *Certain paintings like the Mona Lisa by Leonardo DA Vinci are literally priceless. They are not listed because they are owned or held by museums and are rarely sold. The values of the paintings below have been inflation adjusted.



"Card Players" by Paul Cezanne, 1892 (269.4 Million)
"Card Players" by Paul Cezanne, 1892 (269.4 Million)
"No.5 ,1948"by Jackson Pollock (162.7 Million)
 "No.5 ,1948"by Jackson Pollock (162.7 Million)
"Woman III" by William De Kooning (159.8 Million)
"Woman III" by William De Kooning (159.8 Million)
"The Dream" by Pablo Picasso (155.9 Million,)
"The Dream" by Pablo Picasso (155.9 Million,)
"Portrait of Adelle Bloch-Bauer I" by Gustav Klimt (155.8 Million)
"Portrait of Adelle Bloch-Bauer I" by Gustav Klimt (155.8 Million)

"Portrait of Dr. Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh (149.5 Million)
"Portrait of Dr. Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh (149.5 Million)


"Three Studies of Lucian Freud" by Francis Bacon, 1969 (142 million, Bought in 2013)
"Three Studies of Lucian Freud" by Francis Bacon, 1969 (142 million, Bought in 2013)
"Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette" by Pierre Auguste Renoir (141.5 Million)
"Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette" by Pierre Auguste Renoir (141.5 Million)


"Boy With a Pipe" by Pablo Picasso (129 Million)
"Boy With a Pipe" by Pablo Picasso (129 Million)




"The Scream" by Edvard Munch (122.2 Million)
"The Scream" by Edvard Munch (122.2 Million)
"The Flag" by Jasper Johns (118.3 Million)
"The Flag" by Jasper Johns (118.3 Million)
"Nude Green Leaves and Bust" by Pablo Picasso (114.3 Million)
"Portrait of Joseph Roulin" by Vincent Van Gogh (111 Million)
"Portrait of Joseph Roulin" by Vincent Van Gogh (111 Million)
"Dora Marr with Cat" by Pablo Picasso (110.1 Million)
"Dora Marr with Cat" by Pablo Picasso (110.1 Million)
"Irises"by Vincent Van Gogh (109.4 million)
"Irises"by Vincent Van Gogh (109.4 million)

"Eight Elvises" by Andy Warhol (108.1 Million)
"Eight Elvises" by Andy Warhol (108.1 Million)

"Adele Bloch-Bauer II" by Gustav Klimt (102.1 Million)
"Adele Bloch-Bauer II" by Gustav Klimt (102.1 Million)

"Portrait de l'artiste Sans Barbe" by Vincent Van Gough (102.1 Million)
"Portrait de l'artiste Sans Barbe" by Vincent Van Gough (102.1 Million)



All these paintings each top 100 million dollars in value a piece. There are however hundreds of more paintings by these same artists and other painters like Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, Claude Monet, Mark Rothko, Hans Holbein, Thomas Eakins, Amedeo Modigliani, Qi Baishi, Pontormo, Kazimir Malevich, Wang Meng, Clyfford Still, and other famous painters that are valued in the high tens of millions. 


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