The 10 most expensive paintings in the world
As the art world buzzes with the busiest sales week of the year, we round up the 10 most expensive paintings ever sold
The American hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen scooped up de Kooning's Woman III – the last of the series still in private hands – in a private treaty for roughly $137.5 million back in 2006.
Cohen's personal art collection is fast becoming one of the world’s greatest (its estimated worth is more than $1 billion) and includes work by Modern and Contemporary masters such as Picasso, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons.
