Top 10 most expensive items in 2007 (10 photos)

10. The largest diamond weighing 84 carats, 37, who was sold at auction on November 14 Sotheby`s $ 16, 000, 000



9. Rotshildovsky Faberge egg (The Rothschild Fabergé Egg) Christie`s 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 (Liz Taylor) Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol) was sold for $ 23, 000, 000 at the end of the summer


6. Hanging Heart contemporary conceptualist Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons) weighing 1, 5 tons was sold at auction Sotheby`s in New York for $ 23, 560, 000


5. and 4. Two paintings by the British artist Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon) - «Self-Portrait" ($ 33, 000, 0000) and "A Study of bullfighting N1» ($ 45, 900, 000)




3. The painting by Henri Matisse (Henri Matisse) «L`Odalisque, Harmonie Blueue» was sold in November for $ 33, 600, 000 in the auction house Christie`s


2. Figurine "Lioness Guenolla» (Guennol Lioness), which was made in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago, sold at Sotheby's 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 (Alastair 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 (Damien Hirst) has sold $ 100, 000, 000