The Most Expensive Artwork in the World 2010 By NYChick [17 more lists]

2010 was a good year for expensive art, as they found themselves in the hands of extremely rich collectors. LA Times reported on the most expensive paintings, sculptures and pieces sold at auctions in 2010. These record-breaking art purchases prove that for the high end society, the economy isn't much of a factor and that million dollar artworks are still in demand.

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Pablo Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust"

$106.5 million
2

Alberto Giacometti's "Walking Man I"

$103.4 million
3

Qianlong-dynasty vase

$83.2 million
4

Amedeo Modigliani's "La Belle Romaine"

$68.96 million
5

Song Dynasty Scroll, "Di Zhu Ming"

$65.9 million
6

Andy Warhol's Men in Her Life

$63.4 million
7

Alberto Giacometti's flattened bronze head

$53.3. million
8

Modigliani's modernist limestone head

$53 million
9

Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto - Pablo Picasso

$52 million
10

Henri Matisse's bronze relief of a nude woman depicted from the back

$48.8 million