Reblogged from Elliott in Gotham:
Edvard Munch's "The Scream" sold at Sotheby's in New York this evening for a hammer price of $107 million, or $119.9 million with commission, setting a record for the highest price ever paid for a work of art at auction. It surpassed slightly the earlier record held by Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust," which sold for $106.5 in May 2010.
