Top 7 Most Expensive Items Sold At Auctions

L’Homme Qui March I by Albert Giacometti

This Giacometti sculpture sold at Sotehby’s in London on February 3, 2010 for $103,700,000.

The sculpture was billed as the star of the auction and everyone expected it to sell well and it did. A sweepstake among dealers predicted it would go for around £40million. It went for more.

The etiolated, life-size figure of a man walking was placed to the left of the auctioneer’s rostrum and the opening bid was £12m. There were gasps as the price passed £35m, laughter at £50m.