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The report cites the decision by Captain Bengt Wiman, [34] age 49, to enter the ice field based on his knowledge and information available at the time as the primary reason why Explorer was so severely damaged. "He was under the mistaken impression that he was encountering first year ice, which in fact, as the Chilean Navy Report indicated, was ...
This sale tripled the previous record, and introduced a new era in top art sales. Before this, the highest absolute price paid for a painting was £8.1 million (£23.7 million in 2024 currency) paid by the J. Paul Getty Museum for Andrea Mantegna's Adoration of the Magi at Christie's in London on 18 April 1985. [5]
The "Roadshow" appraiser dubbed the piece a "painting trifecta" and was "amazed" by its great condition and precise detail. "You see little figures and little buildings, people on the water, the ...
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This is roughly 6 times the price it drew in 2003 when the hammer fell at $11.8 million. Sotheby's notes, "$66.3 million marks the highest auction price for Van Gogh since 1998, and an auction ...
The highest known price paid for an artwork by a living artist was for Jasper Johns's 1958 painting Flag. Its 2010 private sale price was estimated to be about US$110 million ($159 million in 2024 dollars). All-time This is a list of highest prices ever paid—at auction or private sale—for an artwork by an artist living at time of sale. Adjusted price (in millions of USD) Original price (in ...
A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold Tuesday for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million), making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. The higher final ...
Giacometti's L'Homme qui marche I had previously achieved the highest price of any sculpture when it was auctioned by Sotheby's in February 2010. Selling for US$104.3 million, it ranks amongst the most valuable works of art. [2] In 2005, Constantin Brâncuși's Bird in Space broke records when it sold for $27.5 million.