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Highest art auction prices in 2012

The top 50 sales of 2012 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. The Scream
    Edvard Munch · Sotheby's · May 2, 2012
    $119,922,500
  2. Orange, Red, Yellow
    Mark Rothko · Christie's · May 8, 2012
    $86,882,500
  3. No 1 (Royal Red and Blue)
    Mark Rothko · Sotheby's · Nov 13, 2012
    $75,122,500
  4. Printemps nécrophilique
    Salvador Dalí · Sotheby's · May 2, 2012
    $16,300,000
  5. Painter in his Studio
    Gerrit Dou · Lempertz · May 13, 2012
    $4,670,195
  6. La Mer perdue
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 2, 2012
    $4,324,886
  7. Untitled #96
    Cindy Sherman · Christie's · May 8, 2012
    $2,882,500
  8. Composition No. 51 - Mille vies se cachent dans le bois
    Chu Teh-chun · Ravenel · May 28, 2012
    $2,823,954
  9. Settler’S Camp
    Arthur Streeton · Deutscher and Hackett · May 2, 2012
    $2,601,900
  10. Diego assis - Homme à mi-corps
    Alberto Giacometti · Kornfeld · Jun 15, 2012
    $2,517,120
  11. 19.02.2005
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Jun 3, 2012
    $2,513,256
  12. Lumière éternelle (diptych)
    Chu Teh-chun · Ravenel · Nov 25, 2012
    $2,394,797
  13. 05.06.53 - Composition bistre, noire
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Nov 25, 2012
    $2,250,283
  14. Bateaux fond bleu
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · Dec 2, 2012
    $2,206,462
  15. Taihu Lake Stone
    Zhou Chunya · Ravenel · Dec 2, 2012
    $1,936,845
  16. Zwei Mädchen“ („Zwei Mädchenakte in Dreiviertelfigur“)
    Otto Mueller · Grisebach · Nov 29, 2012
    $1,854,244
  17. Falling Figure with Bird
    Tyeb Mehta · Saffronart · Sep 20, 2012
    $1,817,000
  18. La plage américaine
    Jean Paul Lemieux · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 17, 2012
    $1,788,673
  19. BRIDE RUNNING AWAY (1957)
    Arthur Boyd · Smith & Singer · Aug 14, 2012
    $1,769,376
  20. Eagle Totem
    Emily Carr · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · May 17, 2012
    $1,615,576
  21. 27.8.84
    Zao Wou-ki · Ravenel · May 28, 2012
    $1,597,492
  22. Haus im Schnee in Cospeda
    Emil Nolde · Kornfeld · Jun 15, 2012
    $1,573,200
  23. Quotations from Chairman Mao
    Zeng Fanzhi · Ravenel · May 28, 2012
    $1,453,202
  24. I, We
    Zeng Fanzhi · Ravenel · Nov 25, 2012
    $1,383,202
  25. The Sunrise, Japanese: Good Morning! 1988
    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Jun 20, 2012
    $1,349,049
  26. Arkie Under the Shower 1986-87
    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Sep 13, 2012
    $1,282,255
  27. Grass Series
    Zeng Fanzhi · Ravenel · Jun 3, 2012
    $1,280,640
  28. Bloodline - Big Family: Childhood No. 1
    Zhang Xiaogang · Ravenel · May 28, 2012
    $1,159,470
  29. Portrait
    Zeng Fanzhi · Ravenel · Jun 3, 2012
    $1,120,560
  30. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
    Johann König · Lempertz · Nov 18, 2012
    $1,111,364
  31. Hurdy Gurdy
    Lawren Harris · Heffel Fine Art Auction House · Nov 22, 2012
    $1,086,579
  32. Peach Blossoms Series 2006 – Glamorous Lake
    Zhou Chunya · Ravenel · Dec 2, 2012
    $1,072,968
  33. Sonnenaufgang
    Otto Dix · Grisebach · Nov 29, 2012
    $1,030,424
  34. Pumpkin
    Yayoi Kusama · Ravenel · Nov 25, 2012
    $1,006,434
  35. Stone Series - Stone and Tree
    Zhou Chunya · Ravenel · Nov 25, 2012
    $1,006,434
  36. Holiday 1971
    Jeffrey Smart · Menzies · Jun 20, 2012
    $981,885
  37. Scout's Report
    Howard Terpning · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 21, 2012
    $977,000
  38. Kurrajong 1981
    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Dec 6, 2012
    $966,018
  39. Fünf Kokotten - Berlin
    Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · Kornfeld · Jun 15, 2012
    $964,896
  40. Lying nude
    Emil Filla · Galerie Kodl · May 6, 2012
    $957,235
  41. Friedrich der Große
    Andy Warhol · Grisebach · Nov 29, 2012
    $951,161
  42. LANDSCAPE WITH A FARMHOUSE RIVERSCAPE WITH A FERRYBOAT
    Salomon van Ruysdael · Lempertz · May 13, 2012
    $942,323
  43. Beauty is Like a Fragrant Flower
    Zhou Chunya · Ravenel · Nov 25, 2012
    $929,016
  44. Cowboys Roping the Bear
    Frank Tenney Johnson · Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · Jul 21, 2012
    $921,000
  45. Am Starnberger See
    Gabriele Münter · Grisebach · May 31, 2012
    $907,900
  46. Three Graces
    Emil Filla · Galerie Kodl · Dec 2, 2012
    $900,703
  47. The Mountain Cottage 1915
    Frederick McCubbin · Menzies · Sep 13, 2012
    $897,578
  48. TOEBACKJE
    Jan Fris · Lempertz · May 13, 2012
    $880,192
  49. Zwei bärtige Männer (Apostel)
    Emil Nolde · Grisebach · Nov 29, 2012
    $871,897
  50. The Orange Table 1978
    Brett Whiteley · Menzies · Sep 13, 2012
    $865,522

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