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The world s most expensive sculptures at auction
CNN
1/7/2021
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Chariot (1950) by Alberto Giacometti
Humankind has had artistic impulses dating back to at least the Paleolithic era, when the earliest known cave paintings and stone figurines were created. And for untold years, humans have collected these works of art. Christie s and Sotheby s, the auction house duopoly, have brought buyers and sellers together for centuries, with buyers competing in adrenaline-pumping bidding wars.
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Rabbit (1986) by Jeff Koons
While the art market has experienced ups and downs along with the wider economy, it has seen giddy highs in recent decades, with some of the major auctions setting records for various artists in a single night. The most expensive artwork ever sold at auction was Leonardo da Vinci s painting of Christ, Salvator Mundi, which hammered down at an unbelievable $450.3 million in 2017 a ....

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