The most expensive painting ever sold at auction is the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci, which sold for $450.3 million at Christie's in November 2017. ¹⁾

The second most expensive painting sold at auction is Interchange by Willem de Kooning, which sold for $300 million in 2015. ²⁾

The third most expensive painting sold at auction is The Card Players by Paul Cézanne, which sold for $250 million in 2011. ³⁾

The fourth most expensive painting sold at auction is Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) by Paul Gauguin, which sold for $210 million in 2015. ⁴⁾

The fifth most expensive painting sold at auction is Number 17A by Jackson Pollock, which sold for $200 million in 2016. ⁵⁾

The sixth most expensive painting sold at auction is Les Femmes d'Alger (Version “O”) by Pablo Picasso, which sold for $179.4 million in 2015. ⁶⁾

The seventh most expensive painting sold at auction is Nu Couché by Amedeo Modigliani, which sold for $170.4 million in 2015. ⁷⁾

The eighth most expensive painting sold at auction is No. 6 (Violet, Green, and Red) by Mark Rothko, which sold for $186 million in 2014. ⁸⁾

The ninth most expensive painting sold at auction is Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit by Rembrandt, which sold for $180 million in 2015. ⁹⁾

The tenth most expensive painting sold at auction is Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) by Andy Warhol, which sold for $105.4 million in 2013. ¹⁰⁾

The eleventh most expensive painting sold at auction is Three Studies of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon, which sold for $142.4 million in 2013. ¹¹⁾

The twelfth most expensive painting sold at auction is Le Rêve by Pablo Picasso, which sold for $155 million in 2013. ¹²⁾

The thirteenth most expensive painting sold at auction is Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt, which sold for $87.9 million in 2006. ¹³⁾

The fourteenth most expensive painting sold at auction is Woman III by Willem de Kooning, which sold for $162.4 million in 2006. ¹⁴⁾

The fifteenth most expensive painting sold at auction is Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh, which sold for $82.5 million in 1990. ¹⁵⁾