The Most Expensive Paintings Ever
I like doing Most Expensive Ever posts, if not for anything than to remind myself that often people have more money than sense! Recently I came across the picture of the most expensive painting ever and got curious to find out what are the most expensive paintings ever. When we say expensive we mean of course most expensive ever sold because the really classic paintings are all sitting in museums and are never going to be sold (I mean can you imagine the Louvre putting the Mona Lisa under the hammer or the British Art Gallery auctioning off Van Gogh’s Sunflowers?).
Now this is the most expensive painting ever sold. I found that I was completely mystified: I simply could not fathom the allure of the painting. I admit that I don’t think much of abstract art and know even less, but this one continues to confound me: Jackson Pollock’s No. 5, 1948 sold by David Geffen, founder of Geffen Records and co-founder of Dreamworks SKG, to David Martinez, managing partner of Fintech Advisory Ltd, in a private sale for a record inflation-adjusted price of $140 million. I don’t get it; $140 million for something that looks like a bird’s nest to me.
