1. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt
Sold for $135 million on June 18, 2006 in a private sale
(time value:$135 million)
2. Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh
Sold for $82.5 million on May 15, 1990 at Christie's, New York
(time value: $116,793,226.33)
3. Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre by
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Sold for $78 million on May 17, 1990 at Sotheby's, New York
(time value: $110,422,686.71)
4. Garçon à la pipe by Pablo Picasso
Sold for $104.1 million on May 4, 2004 at Sotheby's, New York
(time value: $106,910,700.00)
5. Dora Maar au Chat by Pablo Picasso
Sold for $95.2 million on May 3, 2006 at Sotheby's, New York
(time value: $95,216,000.00)
6. Irises by Vincent van Gogh
Sold for $49 million on November 11, 1987 at Sotheby's, New York
(time value: $78,402,796.71).
7. Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens
Sold for £49.5 million ($76.7 million) on July 10, 2002 at Sotheby's, London
(time value: $77,927,200.00)
8. Les Noces de Pierrette by Pablo Picasso
Sold for $49 million on November 30, 1989
(time value: $72,697,766.77)
9. Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe by Vincent van Gogh
Sold for $65 million on November 19, 1998 at Christie's, New York
(time value: $71,691,040.02).
10. Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier by Paul Cézanne
Sold for $60.5 million on May 10, 1999 at Sotheby's, New York
(later resold at a loss)