top ten most expensive paintings

taken from wikipedia

No 1

Name of painting: No. 5, 1948

Painter: Jackson Pollock

Year of production: 1948

Date of sale:  2006-11-02

Sold for: $156.8 million

 No 2

Name of painting: Woman 3

Painter:  Willem de Kooning

Year of production: 1953
Date of sale: 2006-11-18

Sold for: $154.0 million

No 3

Name of painting: Portrait of Adele Bloch- Bauer 1
Painter: Gustav Klimt
Year of production: 1907
Date of sale: 2006-06-18
Sold for: $150.2 million

No 4

Name of painting: Portrait of Dr Gachet 
Painter: Vincent van Gogh
Year of production: 1890
Date of sale: 1990-05-15
Sold for: $144.1 million


No 5

Name of painting: Bal du Moulin de la Galette
Painter: Pierre- Auguste Renoir
Year of production: 1876
Date of sale: 1990-05-17
Sold for: $136.4 million


No 6

Name of painting: Gargon a la pipe
Painter: Pablo Picasson
Year of production: 1905
Date of sale: 2004-05-04
Sold for: $ 124.3 million


No 7

Name of painting: Nude, Green leaves and bust
Painter: Pablo Picasso
Year of production: 1932
Date of sale: 2010-05-04
Sold for: $ 110.2

No 8

Name of painting: Portrait of Joseph Roulin
Painter: Vincent van Gogh
Year of production: 1889
Date of sale: 1989-08-01
Sold for: $107 ++ million


No 9

Name of painting: Dora Maar au Chat
Painter: Pablo Picasso
Year of production: 1941
Date of sale: 2006-05-03
Sold for: $106.1 million 


No 10

Name of painting: Irises
Painter: Vincent van Gogh
Year of production:1889
Date of sale: 1987-11-11
Sold for: $105.1 million