
'Les femmes d`Alger' is the most expensive oil painting in auction history. | A Picasso oil painting from 1955 smashed the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction when it soared to $179.4 million at Christie's on May 12, 2015.
The record-setting Picasso was last auctioned in 1997, selling for $32m. Bidding started this time at $100m, with deep-pocketed collectors driving the price upward in $1m increments. |