From da Vinci's Salvator Mundi at $450MILLION to a 10ft tall painting of red scribbles for $46m

Daily Mail ^ | 25 January 2018 | Jenny Stanton

[mairdie]

They say the best things in life are free, but try telling that to the art-lover who owns a Leonardo da Vinci or Vincent van Gogh masterpiece.

World-renowned auction house Christie's has revealed its top 10 most expensive lots sold in 2017 including da Vinci's 500-year-old mystical masterpiece, Salvator Mundi, which was bought for an eye-watering $450,312,500(£342,182,751).

An Andy Warhol painting, two pieces of work by Cy Twombly, Max Beckmann’s Hölle der Vögel and Fernand Léger’s Contraste de Formes all made it into the top 10 list after buyers battled it out in the auction room.

[mairdie]

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[mairdie]

Just another face in the wall! Russian street artist's ingenious use of buildings as his canvas

[RightGeek]

LOL

[mairdie]

PING - including art photography and old photos of Indians

[Daffynition]

Tereska, a child in a residence for disturbed children, grew up in a concentration camp. She drew a picture of "home"

[dfwgator]

[Daffynition]

Hey Kilroy! Wifi's slow.

A couple of summers ago, I took my GD to see WM [traveling the US] at Williams College. I was surprised it was such a large painting.

[mairdie]

Heartbreaking.

[mairdie]

WONDERFUL!

[Hambone 1934]

After viewing the red scribbles painting,as an artist (Marlon brando voice) I coulda been a contendah

[Daffynition]

Yes, breaks my heart.

[Daffynition]

Wonder what happened to the poster named *ferret*?

[Daffynition]

[metmom]

I looked at those images at the link.

I would not hang any of them in my house.

I guess I just don’t appreciate *art*.

[mairdie]

Actually, I agree, though I do call them art.

My VERY favorite piece in my living room is a photograph of Secretariat.