10 successes of the art market in 2009

The passing year was for the art market disaster. Prices fell as the hemmed fall of 2008 and since then the artists, collectors and dealers are in a very difficult situation. However, this does not mean that sellers of art absolutely nothing to celebrate at the end of the year. In 2009, it took several successful transactions and the ten most expensive sales is as follows: 1. Raphael drawing "Head of a Muse" - $ 47, 6 million
2. Henri Matisse, "Narcissus and tablecloth in blue and pink colors" - $ 45, 6 million
3. Andy Warhol silkscreen with two hundred hundred-dollar bills - $ 43, 8 million.
4. Constantin Brancusi, "Madame LR" - $ 37, 1 million
5. Rembrandt, "Portrait of a man with arms akimbo" - $ 32, 9
6. Eileen Gray, chair in the Art Deco style - $ 28, 1 million
7. Piet Mondrian, "Composition in gray, pink and blue" - $ 27, 4 million
8. Wu Bin, roll era of the Ming Dynasty - $ 25 million
9. Alberto Giacometti, "falling man" - $ 19, 4 million
10. Edgar Degas' Little Dancer fourteen "- $ 19, 2 million