$142,700,000

This is No. 5 by Jackson Pollock, 1948.

It is the most expensive painting ever sold. It was a private sale sold by David Geffen to David Martinez for 142.7 million dollars.

I wonder if he wrote him a personal check or if he gave him suitcases full of cash.

Further down on the list Picasso, de Kooning, and Van Gogh dominate most of the expensive paintings.