This year, Pablo Picasso's "Les femmes d’Alger" sold for a whopping $179.4 million, setting a new world record for a single artwork purchased at auction. A nude painting by Amedeo Modigliani wasn't far behind: "Nu couché" sold for $170.4 million at auction. These price tags are roughly equal to the cost of a luxury yacht equipped with a helicopter garage, salon and cinema. Reflecting on the year's high auction prices, experts hypothesize that the skyrocketing bids were fueled by artworks' ...
This year, Pablo Picasso's "Les femmes d’Alger" sold for a whopping $179.4 million, setting a new world record for a single artwork purchased at auction. A nude painting by Amedeo Modigliani wasn't far behind: "Nu couché" sold for $170.4 million at auction. These price tags are roughly equal to the cost of a luxury yacht equipped with a helicopter garage, salon and cinema. Reflecting on the year's high auction prices, experts hypothesize that the skyrocketing bids were fueled by artworks' ...
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