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Munch
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/painting1a.jpgEdvard Munch's The Scream set a new record for art auction sales when it was sold for $119.9 million on May 2nd at Sotheby's in New York. The work is one of four versions done by the artist. Two weeks of sales at Sotheby's and rival Christie's at the annual spring sales have been marked by a wave of record prices, including those for Rothko and Lichenstein works. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Picasso
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/painting2a.jpgA woman admires Pablo Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust (1932), during a preview at Christie's in New York, April 30th, 2010. The painting sold for $106,482,500. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
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Giacometti
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/painting3a.gifL'homme qui Marche I (1961) by Alberto Giacometti at Sotheby's in London, January 12th, 2010. The sculpture sold for $105,182,398. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
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Picasso
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/painting4a.gifPablo Picasso's Boy With a Pipe (1905), which sold for $104,168,000. Photograph: Reuters
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Klimt
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/painting5a.gifGustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912) goes under the hammer at Christie's New York on November 8th, 2006. The painting secured a price of $87,936,000. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
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Rothko
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/rothkoa.gifMark Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow, 1961, sold at auction for $86.9 million on May 8th, 2012 - a record for contemporary art. Source: AFP
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Bacon
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/painting6a.jpgA Sotheby's employee adjusts Dublin-born Francis Bacon's Triptych (1976) on April 14th, 2008, in London. The artwork was bought for $85.9 million by oligarch Roman Abramovich Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty Images
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Qianlong dynasty
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/painting7a.gifA Chinese 18th-century Qianlong dynasty porcelain vase sold for $85,921,461 at Bainbridges auction house in London on November 12th, 2010. Photograph: Bainbridge Auctioneers/PA
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Picasso
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/painting8a.gifA Pablo Picasso portrait of his mistress Dora Maar is seen in Dora Maar au Chat, painted in 1941. The work fetched $83,429,50 at Sotheby's in London. Photograph: Reuters
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Van Gogh
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/painting9a.gifPortrait of Dr Paul Gachet (1890) by Vincent van Gogh. This work sold for $82,500,000 at Christie's in New York on May 15th, 1990
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Monet
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/painting10a.jpgClaude Monet's Le Bassin aux Nymphéas (1919). The painting fetched $66,212,514 in 2008. Photograph: Christie's Images/PA Wire
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Lichtenstein
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/lich.gifRoy Lichtenstein's Sleeping Girl (1964) went for $44.9 million at Sotheby's New York on May 9th, a new record for the US Pop Art icon
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Bacon
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/baconpica.jpgFigure Writing Reflected in Mirror, a male nude painting by Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon, sold for $44.8 million (€34.5 million) at Sotheby’s in New York on May 9th, 2012. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
