Edvard Munch’s "The Scream" Is Now The World's Most Expensive Painting

Big spending at Sotheby's.

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Though there was whispering of prices reaching $200 million, the gavel fell at $120 million last night when Edvard Munch's "The Scream" sold at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Evening Sale. The price eclipses the previous record painting sale of $1.6 million. [Artnet]

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