Pricey Pictures

"The Scream", the iconic painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, will be auctioned at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art sale tonight. It is expected to be sold for as much as $80 million, which would make it one of the most expensive paintings ever sold at auction. Here's a look at some of the world's costliest paintings. (sources: Christies; Sotheby's; Business Insider; New York Times; The Independent; Forbes; BBC; About.com.)

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  1. Staff stand guard by Edvard Munch
  2. "The Card Players" by Paul Cézanne, sold for $250 million in 2011.
  3. "No. 5, 1948" by Jackson Pollock, sold for $140 million in 2006.
  4. "Woman III" by Willem De Kooning, sold for $137.5 million in 2006.
  5. "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" by Gustav Klimt, sold for $135 million 2006.
  6. "Nude Green Leaves, and Bust" by Pablo Picasso, sold for $106.5 million in 2010.
  7. "Boy with a Pipe" by Pablo Picasso, sold for $104.2 million in 2004.
  8. "Adele Bloch-Bauer II" by Gustav Klimt , sold for $87.9 million in 2006.
  9. "Triptych, 1976" by Francis Bacon, sold for $86.3 million in 2008.
  10. "Portrait des Dr. Gachet" by Vincent van Gogh, sold for $82.5 million 1990.
  11. "False Start, 1959" by Jasper Johns, sold for $80.0 million 2006.
  12. "Self Portrait by Vincent van Gogh, sold for $71.5 million in1989.
  13. "Massacre of the Innocents" by Peter Paul Rubens, sold for $76.7 millions in 2002.
  14. "Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier" by Paul Cézanne, $60.5 million.
  15. "Portrait of Joseph Roulin" by Vincent van Gogh, sold for $58 million plus exchange of 4 paintings by Monet, Renoir, Kandinsky and Picasso in 1989.
  16. "A Wheatfield with Cypresses" by Vincent van Gogh, sold for $57 million in 1993.
  17. "Irises" by Vincent van Gogh, sold for $53.9 million in 1987.
  18. Le Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, $49.3 million.
  19. "Les Noces de Pierrette" by Pablo Picasso, sold for $49.3 million in 1989.
  20. "Yo, Picasso" by Pablo Picasso, sold for $47.85 million in 1989.
  21. "Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers" by Vincent van Gogh, sold for $39.7 million in 1987.
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