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A nude painting just sold in New York for a record-breaking $157 million - here are the 15 most expensive paintings ever sold

15. Amedeo Modigliani's "Nu couché (sur le côté gauche)" — $157.2 million

A nude painting just sold in New York for a record-breaking $157 million - here are the 15 most expensive paintings ever sold

14. Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" — $135 million

14. Gustav Klimt

Date sold: June 18, 2006

Price: $135 million

Type of sale: Private sale via Christie's

13. Pablo Picasso's "Le Rêve" — $155 million

13. Pablo Picasso

Date sold: March 26, 2013

Price: $155 million

Type of sale: Private sale

12. Willem de Kooning's "Woman III" — $137.5 million

12. Willem de Kooning

Date sold: November 18, 2006

Price: $137.5 million

Type of sale: Private sale via Larry Gagosian

11. Jackson Pollock's "No. 5, 1948" — $140 million

11. Jackson Pollock

Date sold: November 2, 2006

Price: $140 million

Type of sale: Private sale via Sotheby's

10. Roy Lichtenstein's "Masterpiece" — $165 million

10. Roy Lichtenstein

Date sold: January 2017

Price: $165 million

Type of sale: Private

9. Amedeo Modigliani's "Nu Couché" — $170.4 million

9. Amedeo Modigliani

Date sold: November 9, 2015

Price: $170.4 million

Type of sale: Christie's, New York, auction

8. Picasso's "Les Femmes d'Alger ("Version O")" — $179.4 million

8. Picasso

Date sold: May 11, 2015

Price: $179.4 million

Type of sale: Christie's, New York auction

7. Rembrandt's "Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit" — $180 million

7. Rembrandt

Date sold: September 2015

Price: $180 million

Type of sale: Private

6. Mark Rothko's "No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)" — $186 million

6. Mark Rothko

Date sold: August 2014

Price: $186 million

Type of sale: Private sale via Yves Bouvier

5. Pollock's "Number 17A" — ~$200 million

5. Pollock

Date sold: September 2015

Price: ~$200 million

Type of sale: Private

4. Paul Gauguin's "Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?)" — $210 million

4. Paul Gauguin

Date sold: September 2014

Price: $210 million

Type of sale: Private

3. Paul Cézanne's "The Card Players" — $250 million

3. Paul Cézanne

Date sold: April 2011

Price: $250 million

Type of sale: Private

2. Willem de Kooning's "Interchange" — ~$300 million

2. Willem de Kooning

Date sold: September 2015

Price: ~$300 million

Type of sale: Private

1. Painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, "Salvator Mundi" — $450.3 million

1. Painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, "Salvator Mundi" — $450.3 million

Date sold: November 15, 2017

Price: $450.3 million

Type of sale: Christie's, New York, auction

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