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Your support makes all the difference.A version of Edvard Munch's classic masterpiece The Scream has fetched a record-breaking $119.9 million (£74 million), making it the most expensive work of art to be sold at auction.
Here is a list of the 10 most expensive paintings to go under the hammer:
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1. The Scream by Edvard Munch
Sold for $119.9 million (£74 million) at Sotheby's in New York in May 2012.
2. Nude, Green Leaves And Bust by Pablo Picasso
Sold for $106 million (£65.4 million) at Christie's in New York in May 2012.
3. Boy With A Pipe (The Young Apprentice) by Pablo Picasso
Sold for $104.1 million at Sotheby's in New York in May 2004.
4. Dora Maar Au Chat by Pablo Picasso
Sold for $95.2 million at Sotheby's in New York in May 2006.
5. Portrait Of Adele Bloch-Bauer II by Gustav Klimt
Sold for $87.9 million at Christie's in New York in November 2006.
6. Triptych, 1976 by Francis Bacon
Sold for $86.3 million at Sotheby's in New York in May 2008.
7. Portrait Of Dr Gachet by Vincent van Gogh
Sold for $82.5 million at Christie's in New York in May 1990.
8. Le Bassin Aux Nympheas by Claude Monet
Sold for $80.5 million at Christie's in London in June 2008.
9. Bal Du Moulin De La Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Sold for $78.1 million at Sotheby's in New York in May 1990.
10. Massacre Of The Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens
Sold for $76.7 million at Sotheby's in London in July 2002.
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