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Highest art auction prices in 2008

The top 50 sales of 2008 in the ArtSell database, ranked by price in US dollars at the sale-date exchange rate. See the all-time top 100 and the most valuable artists.

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  1. Triptych, 1976
    Francis Bacon · Sotheby's · May 14, 2008
    $86,281,000
  2. Le Bassin aux Nymphéas
    Claude Monet · Christie's · Jun 24, 2008
    $80,545,296
  3. The Hold Up
    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $5,167,000
  4. Meat for Wild Men
    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $4,047,000
  5. Kinder am Hafen I (6 A)
    August Macke · Grisebach · May 30, 2008
    $3,229,541
  6. Los Angeles
    Andreas Gursky · Sotheby's · Feb 27, 2008
    $2,900,000
  7. 1.12.68-13.02.77
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Jun 1, 2008
    $2,414,126
  8. Match de cricket à Bedford Park, Londres
    Camille Pissarro · Grisebach · May 30, 2008
    $2,352,951
  9. Grauer Strand
    Max Beckmann · Grisebach · May 30, 2008
    $1,660,907
  10. Mao. Chinese Vermilion #5
    Yan Pei-ming · Ravenel · Jun 1, 2008
    $1,640,553
  11. Enchanted Spring
    Yue Minjun · Ravenel · Dec 1, 2008
    $1,483,500
  12. The Pueblos Await the Dancers
    Oscar E. Berninghaus · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $1,471,000
  13. Geschwister“. 1933 (1937?)
    Max Beckmann · Grisebach · May 30, 2008
    $1,439,453
  14. Return of the Warriors
    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $1,359,000
  15. Streamside
    Ernest Martin Hennings · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $1,359,000
  16. Untitled
    Subodh Gupta · Saffronart · Jun 19, 2008
    $1,329,288
  17. Sans titre (Composition #2)
    Jean Paul Riopelle · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 19, 2008
    $1,323,684
  18. The Boucher Nude
    John Brack · Deutscher and Hackett · Aug 28, 2008
    $1,299,885
  19. In the Garden
    Walter Ufer · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $1,247,000
  20. Navajo
    Gerard Curtis Delano · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $1,247,000
  21. Tamarack Swamp (Sketch #5)
    Tom Thomson · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 22, 2008
    $1,169,320
  22. Landschaft
    Emil Nolde · Ketterer Kunst · Dec 3, 2008
    $1,136,070
  23. The Sheriff's Posse
    Frank Tenney Johnson · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $1,079,000
  24. FELDHASE
    Hans Hoffmann · Lempertz · May 18, 2008
    $1,078,661
  25. Idol Thief I
    Subodh Gupta · Saffronart · Sep 4, 2008
    $1,070,000
  26. 22.3.1979
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 1, 2008
    $1,050,060
  27. Chrysanthemums on the Red Table with Yellow Background
    Sanyu · Ravenel · Dec 1, 2008
    $1,050,060
  28. Frauen am See (Die Landung)
    August Macke · Ketterer Kunst · Dec 3, 2008
    $1,030,037
  29. Germination
    S. H. Raza · Saffronart · Jun 19, 2008
    $983,580
  30. Lute Table
    Wang Huaiqing · Ravenel · Jun 1, 2008
    $977,491
  31. Buffalo Hunt No. 12
    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $911,000
  32. Descending Wolves for the Guggenheim International Gala
    Cai Guo-Qiang · Ravenel · Dec 7, 2008
    $903,536
  33. Alert Bay Burial Ground
    Emily Carr · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 19, 2008
    $850,940
  34. Bloodline Series: Big Family
    Zhang Xiaogang · Ravenel · Dec 7, 2008
    $836,784
  35. MAO-Soleil rouge (diptych)
    Yan Pei-ming · Ravenel · Dec 1, 2008
    $833,340
  36. The Blooming Mountain
    Wu Guanzhong · Ravenel · Dec 1, 2008
    $833,340
  37. Kokottenkopf in Federhut
    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · Grisebach · Nov 28, 2008
    $787,547
  38. Gartenwicken
    Lovis Corinth · Grisebach · Nov 28, 2008
    $787,547
  39. Saat Samundra Par (Across the Seven Seas)
    Subodh Gupta · Saffronart · Sep 4, 2008
    $765,340
  40. Strandleben
    Max Liebermann · Grisebach · Nov 28, 2008
    $757,257
  41. Autumn Tapestry
    Tom Thomson · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 19, 2008
    $756,391
  42. Roping a White Wolf
    Charles Marion Russell · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $743,000
  43. Blumenstauden am Gärtnerhäuschen nach Nordosten“. 1929 (?)
    Max Liebermann · Grisebach · May 30, 2008
    $738,181
  44. Angst
    Edvard Munch · Grev Wedels Plass Auksjoner · Nov 24, 2008
    $714,550
  45. Separation and Reunion
    Wang Huaiqing · Ravenel · Dec 7, 2008
    $703,280
  46. Norma
    Frederick Varley · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 22, 2008
    $701,592
  47. AWANGARDA MYŚLIWSKA
    Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski · Agra-Art · Mar 16, 2008
    $689,833
  48. Mending the Bonnet
    Joseph Henry Sharp · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 26, 2008
    $687,000
  49. Walchensee, Mondnacht
    Lovis Corinth · Grisebach · Nov 28, 2008
    $681,531
  50. When your Target Cries for Mercy
    T.V. Santhosh · Saffronart · Sep 4, 2008
    $631,631

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