The most expensive items sold at auction

Jeff Koons Balloon Dog

The series of 5 comes in different colours, and the orange version was sold for $58.4 million on November 13th, 2013.

 

Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet

Sold for $33.7 million on June 5th, 2013.

 

The Bay Psalm Book

Sold for $14.1 million in November 2013.

 

October on Cape Cod

The painting by Edward Hopper sold for $9.6 million in November 2012.

 

1982 Chateau Mouton Rothschild

50 cases of this wine was sold sold for $1.1 million November 2006.

 

Bronze Egyptian Cat

A bronze cat sculpture made in Egypt sold for $2 million in June 2013.

 

The Codex Leicester

Sold to Bill Gates for $30.8 million in November of 1994.

 

Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1945

The bottle of wine was sold for $310,700 in February 2007.

 

Rhein II

There was a photograph of a small body of water taken by Andreas Gursky and sold for $4.8 million in November 2011.

 

Fauteuil aux dragons

A leather bound wooden chair similar to this one was sold at auction for $28 million in February 2009.

 

1856 one cent stamp from British Guiana

Sold for $9.5 million on June 17th, 2014.

 

Huanghuali table

A table made of huanghuali sold for $9 million in March 2013.

 

Case of 1978 Romanee-Conti

A case of this was sold for $476,000 in November 2013.

 

Cycladic Marble Figure

A marble figure carved around 2400 B.C. sold for $16 million in December 2010.