1. Salvator Mundi (c.1500)
• Painted by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).
• Sold at auction in 2016, for $450 million.
• Seller: Private European Collection. Buyer: Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
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Sold at Christie’s New York, after a long 19 minute bidding war, this painting became the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. Salvator Mundi depicts Christ signalling a sign of the cross with one hand, and holding an orb with the other. Long believed to be a painting by da Vinci, it was however only attributed to the Master in 2006 after restoration.
2. Les femmes d'Alger (Version O) (1955)
• Painted by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973).
• Sold at auction in 2015, for $179 million.
• Seller: Unknown. Buyer: Unknown.
The most expensive paintbrush ever? Florida-based princess uses wind and heat from a private jet's engine to make art. By Margot Peppers. Published: 17:42 EDT, 30 April 2013 Updated: 08:42 EDT. The top range brush from Princeton will cost about RM150. What makes the Princeton Acrylic Paint Brush so attractive is that you can use it for both acrylic and oil (although it is not mentioned). Made from hog fiber bristle, it is known for its durability that lasts a long time. Mont Marte Gallery Series.
The final picture in a series of 15 paintings, all named after Delacroix's masterpiece Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement (1834), Picasso's Les Femmes d'Alger (version O) was bought originally (along with its 14 siblings) by Victor and Sally Ganz for a total of $212,500 in June 1956. In 1997 it was sold as an individual item at Christie's for $31.9 million. An example of late Cubism, the painting was begun by Picasso in 1954, not long after the death of Henri Matisse, whom he greatly admired.
Growing up, you either loved Pokémon or you just didn't care for it.
But if the former resonates with you, then you'll know just how important the Pokémon Trading Card Games were to you.
Sure, not all of us necessarily knew how to play the card game, but we sure did enjoy collecting them.
They were a good time for sure.
Hell, some of us still collect them to this day. And that's completely okay.
That's because your old Pokémon trading cards can fetch a pretty penny when sold in the right places to the right buyers.
So to those that held on to their old cards and took care of them over the years, smart.
But one extremely rare Pokémon card was bought at auction for a whopping US$233,000, making it the most expensive card ever sold.
Behold: The Pikachu Illustrator card, which was given out as a prize to winners of an illustration contest by CoroCoro Comics that took place in 1998.
And unlike other 'regular' rare Pokémon cards, there were only 39 examples ever made, which means they're almost impossible to find.
The card itself depicts everybody's favorite rodent Pokémon, Pikachu, holding a paint brush and other drawing utensils. Unlike other Pokémon trading cards, Pikachu Illustrator cards only come in Japanese.
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According to Zen Market, the card was bought by an American.
Prior to this, the most expensive Pokémon card ever sold was also a Pikachu Illustrator, auctioned off for US$195,000.
According to Michael Halperin, a spokesman for Heritage Auctions, only 10 of the 39 cards are known to still be in mint condition, while it's uncertain how many of the remaining cards are privately-owned.
As stated in the Pikachu Illustrator card above, the auctioned card was in 'Mint 9' condition, which means it only has a small imperfection, compared to a pristine copy.
But if you're thinking the card has actual power when played in a game, think again. It only displays a congratulatory message to the recipient of the card from the illustration contest.
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Have you ever seen a Pikachu Illustrator card in real life?
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