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10 Most Expensive Artworks Sold in May Auction

The top ten most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in May 2003, according to
artnet’s Fine Art Auctions Database, sold for a total of more than $218 million.
 
 
  Pablo Picasso
Title: Garçon à la pipe (1905)
Sale of: Sotheby's New York; May 5, 2004
Estimate: $0
Sold for: $104,168,000 Premium
 
 
  Edouard Manet
Title: Les courses au Bois de Boulogne (1872)
Sale of: Sotheby's New York; May 5, 2004
Estimate: $20,000,000 - 30,000,000
Sold for: $26,328,000 Premium
 
 
  Claude Monet
Title: Le bassin aux nymphéas (1917-1919)
Sale of: Sotheby's New York; May 6, 2004
Estimate: $9,000,000 - 12,000,000
Sold for: $16,808,000 Premium
 
 
  Pablo Picasso
Title: Le sauvetage (1932)
Sale of: Sotheby's New York; May 6, 2004
Estimate: $10,000,000 - 15,000,000
Sold for: $14,792,000 Premium
 
 
  Pablo Picasso
Title: Nu accroupi (1959)
Sale of: Sotheby's New York; May 6, 2004
Estimate: $3,000,000 - 4,000,000
Sold for: $11,768,000 Premium
 
 
  Jackson Pollock
Title: Number 12, 1949 (1949)
Sale of: Christie's New York; May 11, 2004
Estimate: $5,000,000 - 7,000,000
Sold for: $11,655,500 Premium
 
 
  Mark Rothko
Title: No.15 (1958)
Sale of: Christie's New York; May 11, 2004
Estimate: $8,000,000 - 12,000,000
Sold for: $8,967,500 Premium
 
 
  John Singer Sargent
Title: Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife (1885)
Sale of: Sotheby's New York; May 19, 2004
Estimate: $5,000,000 - 7,000,000
Sold for: $8,800,000
 
 
  Alfred James Munnings
Title: The Red Prince Mare (1921)
Sale of: Sotheby's New York; May 5, 2004
Estimate: $4,000,000 - 6,000,000
Sold for: $7,848,000 Premium
 
 
  Juan Gris
Title: La console de marbre (1914)
Sale of: Sotheby's New York; May 6, 2004
Estimate: $4,500,000 - 6,500,000
Sold for: $7,400,000 Premium
 

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