<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fb002342-2a70-4518-b0ed-c800534c1748/2A102660-788A-490C-AB35-A6CD6B6D89BC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/" href="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/img/F5BB09FC-944A-4B64-846A-66086041290C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><SPAN lang="EN-US">10. $78,100,000. Pierre-August Renoir – Le Moulin de la Galette.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/img/0D864B22-90EB-44A6-B36D-D5CCBD315674" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><SPAN lang="EN-US">9. $80,000,000. Jasper Johns – False Start.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/img/AD24113D-087D-4B95-957F-6EAC582EA0F0" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><SPAN lang="EN-US">8. $82,500,000. Vincent van Gogh – Portrait of Dr. Gachet.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/img/4FB51793-D1FF-45CF-9260-AE9FEA253D09" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><SPAN lang="EN-US">7. $86,300,000. Francis Bacon – Triptych, 1976.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/img/3684126C-D34D-4AC5-9707-37F23FF94F70" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><SPAN lang="EN-US">6. $87,900,000. Gustav Klimt – Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/img/BF6F5D21-EA91-4614-AA78-662C0441E371" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US">5. $95,200,000.</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US"> <STRONG>Pablo Picasso – Dora Maar au Chat.</STRONG></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/img/DE8CF9E1-5BB6-47A5-9CE7-69BEF1351B04" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><SPAN lang="EN-US">4. $104,200,000. Pablo Picasso – Garçon à la pipe. </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/img/43249C11-15DF-46E9-A1AA-69F2CA311845" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/">3. $135,000,000. Gustav Klimt – Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/img/E5F9F17E-7BFB-4A16-B6FE-D30476A391F7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US">2. $137,500,000.</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US"> <STRONG>Willem de Kooning – Woman III</STRONG></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/img/064940B3-75CA-48DA-988C-0EC121536D8D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.knowyourmoney.co.uk/index.php/2008/09/10-most-expensive-paintings-in-the-world/"><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US">1. $140,000,000. Jackson Pollock – No.5, 1948.</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US"> It is claimed by the New York Times that this painting was sold by David Geffen (of Geffen Records), to David Martinez (managing partner of Fintech Advisory). However, a press release issued on behalf of Martinez states that he didn’t actually purchase the painting. So the truth is shrouded in mystery, and it can only be rumored to have sold for a record-breaking $140 million.</SPAN></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2A102660-788A-490C-AB35-A6CD6B6D89BC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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