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The most expensive items at auctions in 2007
The largest diamond weighing 84 carats, 37 which was sold in November for $ 16 million
9.Rotshildovskoe Faberge egg at auction in London for $ 18, 000, 000. This work of art has acquired director of the private Russian National Museum and one of the main experts in Moscow Faberge Alexander Ivanov.
8. Magna Carta - «Magna Carta", which is one of the most important documents in the history of Great Britain. One of the 17 copies of the Magna Carta was signed by King John Landless June 15, 1215. Parchment measuring 35 cm by 40 6 6 See David Rubenstein purchased for the National Archives in Washington, DC for $ 21, 300, 000.
7. The famous portrait of Liz Taylor, Andy Warhol was sold for $ 23, 000, 000 at the end leta.Polnye uepki
6. Hanging Heart contemporary conceptualist Jeff Koons weight of 1, 5 tons was sold at auction in New York for $ 23, 560, 000.
5.Kartina British artist Francis Bacon - "Self Portrait" ($ 33, 000, 0000).
4.Kartina British artist Francis Bacon (once he) - "A Study of bullfighting N1» ($ 45, 900, 000).
3. The painting by Henri Matisse «L`Odalisque, Harmonie Blueue» was sold in November for $ 33, 600, 000 in the auction house Christie`s.
2. Figurine "Guenolla Lioness," which was made in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago, sold at auction in New York for $ 57, 200, 000. The buyer wished to remain anonymous. Earlier, 13-centimeter statue of limestone belonged to an American collector Alistair Bradley Martin.
1. Diamond Skull - a platinum cast of the skull of the eighteenth century, decorated with 8601 diamonds, the famous British artist Damien Hirst has been sold $ 100, 000, 000.
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9.Rotshildovskoe Faberge egg at auction in London for $ 18, 000, 000. This work of art has acquired director of the private Russian National Museum and one of the main experts in Moscow Faberge Alexander Ivanov.
8. Magna Carta - «Magna Carta", which is one of the most important documents in the history of Great Britain. One of the 17 copies of the Magna Carta was signed by King John Landless June 15, 1215. Parchment measuring 35 cm by 40 6 6 See David Rubenstein purchased for the National Archives in Washington, DC for $ 21, 300, 000.
7. The famous portrait of Liz Taylor, Andy Warhol was sold for $ 23, 000, 000 at the end leta.Polnye uepki
6. Hanging Heart contemporary conceptualist Jeff Koons weight of 1, 5 tons was sold at auction in New York for $ 23, 560, 000.
5.Kartina British artist Francis Bacon - "Self Portrait" ($ 33, 000, 0000).
4.Kartina British artist Francis Bacon (once he) - "A Study of bullfighting N1» ($ 45, 900, 000).
3. The painting by Henri Matisse «L`Odalisque, Harmonie Blueue» was sold in November for $ 33, 600, 000 in the auction house Christie`s.
2. Figurine "Guenolla Lioness," which was made in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago, sold at auction in New York for $ 57, 200, 000. The buyer wished to remain anonymous. Earlier, 13-centimeter statue of limestone belonged to an American collector Alistair Bradley Martin.
1. Diamond Skull - a platinum cast of the skull of the eighteenth century, decorated with 8601 diamonds, the famous British artist Damien Hirst has been sold $ 100, 000, 000.
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