Pablo Picasso Nude on the background of the bust and green leaves. 1932. Source: artinvestment.ru

Bloomberg published a list of the most expensive items sold at public auction in the outgoing year 2010. The total value of these ten lots is 698.6 million dollars - more than double than last year: if included in the rating of the product yielded a total of 326.1 million. The most profitable segments were art of the twentieth century and the Chinese classics. Market leaders, Christie's International and Sotheby's, sold Lot 1201 for amounts that exceed one million dollars, more than 10 million rescued 75 works.

list of the most expensive works of art, gone under the hammer in 2010 looks like this:

1. Pablo Picasso. Naked on the background of the bust and green leaves. 106.5 million dollars.

Picasso painted in 1932 and depicting the artist's mistress Marie-Therese Walter (Marie-Thérèse Walter), formerly owned by California eminent philanthropist Frances Brody (Frances Brody). The work was sold at Christie's on May 4. The buyer wished to remain anonymous paintings.

1. Alberto Giacometti. Walking man I. 104.3 million dollars.

February 3 this year, bronze Giacometti Walking man I »(1961) was sold at Sotheby's auction for a record 65 million pounds when assessing 12-18 million. This casting was made with the artist's life. At the auction the work came from the collection of Dresdner Bank AG, and bought the work, according to rumors, a billionaire from Brazil Lily Safra (Lily Safra).

1. Chinese porcelain vase, made during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. 83.2 million dollars.

on November 11 in London trading Bainbridges was set auction record for Chinese art - estimated at 0,8-1,2 million £ vase brought stunning 51.6 million. The vessel was discovered during cleaning at home in the London suburb of Pinner. Auctioneer Peter Bainbridge so excited during the auction, which broke my hammer.

1. Amedeo Modigliani. Nude Seated on a couch (Beautiful Roman woman). 68.96 million dollars.

Written in 1917, Modigliani's painting brought a record for the artist the sum of 68.96 million at Sotheby's on Nov. 2. For leaf fought five bidders, and it can easily overcome their 40 millionth estimate.

1. Juan Tintszyan. Scroll Du Zhu Ming. 65.9 million dollars.

sold at auction Beijing Poly International rollout began in the reign of the Song Dynasty, but in the next 800 years the owners from time to time his finishing - as a result of its length has reached 15 meters. Lot value in the Chinese currency is RMB 436.8 million.

1. Andy Warhol. The men in her life. 63.4 million dollars.

Trades "Carte Blanche", organized by the art dealer Philip Segal (Philippe Ségalot), have become a real "finest hour" in the history of auction house Phillips de Pury. Top-lot auction held in New York on 8 November, became the canvas with a picture of Elizabeth Taylor and her two husbands. He finished second in the list of the most expensive works of the master of pop art (current auction record for Warhol is 71.7 million dollars).

1. Alberto Giacometti. Big Head Diego. 53.3 million dollars.

Giacometti sculpture, depicting the artist's brother Diego, has found a new owner at the same auction as the "Nude" by Picasso. Estimate it was 25-35 million. Frances Brody bought the work in 1955 for 1.8 thousand dollars.

1. Amedeo Modigliani. Head. $ 53 million.

modernist masterpiece by Modigliani was sold at Christie's Paris on June 14. Paid for his 43.2 million euros - a record for French auctions. The upper estimate was exceeded by more than ten times.

1. Pablo Picasso. Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto. $ 52 million.

magnum opus "Blue Period" Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto (1903) was sold for charitable purposes from the Andrew Lloyd Webber (Andrew Lloyd Webber). Auction house Christie's gave the film one of the highest ratings in the pre-history - 40 million pounds. Auction held on 23 June. In 1995, Webber Foundation laid out for the canvas 29.2 million dollars.

1. Henri Matisse. Nude from behind IV. 48.8 million dollars.

monumental bronze relief of Matisse, cast after artist's death - in 1978, had brought at Christie's on Nov. 3 record for this master 48.8 million. The winner in the battle of applicants came dealer Larry Gagosian (Larry Gagosian), which, incidentally, I bought this work not for himself but for the client.

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources: bloomberg.com , artinvestment.ru