#1Old Masters
Salvator Mundi
Leonardo da Vinci (attribution debated)
$450.3M
Christie's · 2017
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#2Modern
Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer
Gustav Klimt
$236.4M
Sotheby's · 2025
#3Contemporary
Shot Sage Blue Marilyn
Andy Warhol
$195M
Christie's · 2022
#4Contemporary
Number 7A, 1948
Jackson Pollock
$181.2M
Christie's · 2026
#5Modern
Les femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’)
Pablo Picasso
$179.4M
Christie's · 2015
#6Sculpture
L’homme au doigt (Pointing Man)
Alberto Giacometti
$141.3M
Christie's · 2015
#7Asian Art
Twelve Landscape Screens
Qi Baishi
$141M
Poly Auction · 2017
#8Impressionist
Meules
Claude Monet
$110.7M
Sotheby's · 2019
#9Sculpture
Danaïde
Constantin Brancusi
$107.6M
Christie's · 2026
#10Contemporary
No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe)
Mark Rothko
$98.4M
Christie's · 2026
Comparable image#11Jewelry
The Pink Star
Diamond
$71.2M
Sotheby's · 2017
#12Jewelry
The Oppenheimer Blue
Diamond
$57.5M
Christie's · 2016
#13Antiquities
The Guennol Lioness
Proto-Elamite / Mesopotamian
$57.2M
Sotheby's · 2007
#14Modern
El sueño (La cama)
Frida Kahlo
$54.7M
Sotheby's · 2025
#15Modern
Portrait de Madame K.
Joan Miró
$53.5M
Christie's · 2026
Comparable image#16Ceramics
Ru guanyao brush washer
Northern Song dynasty, Ru kilns
$37.7M
Sotheby's · 2017
#17Furniture
The Badminton Cabinet
Grand-ducal workshops, Florence
$36.7M
Christie's · 2004
#18Watches
Grandmaster Chime ref. 6300A-010
Patek Philippe
$31M
Christie's · 2019
#19Design
Fauteuil aux dragons
Eileen Gray
$28.3M
Christie's · 2009
#20Photography
Le Violon d’Ingres
Man Ray
$12.4M
Christie's · 2022
Comparable image#21Handbags
The original Hermès Birkin
Hermès, made for Jane Birkin
$10.1M
Sotheby's · 2025
Comparable image#22Asian Art
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)
Katsushika Hokusai
$2.8M
Christie's · 2023
Comparable image#23Ceramics
Mantel clock case, dated 1727
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
$1.6M
Sotheby's · 2021
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