1 Kings 4:21, 29â34. The Israelites came to King Solomon when they needed help. One day two women came to him with a baby boy. The women said they lived in the same house. They each had a baby, but one of the babies died. Now both women wanted the baby that was alive. Each mother said he was her baby. They wanted King Solomon to tell them who could keep the baby.
The earliest sale on the list below (Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh) is from March 1987; with a price of Â£24.75 million (Â£62.8 million in current value) it tripled the previous record and introduced a new era in top art sales.
In fact, recently a painting by Pablo Picasso was sold for $179.3 million and a sculpture by Alberto Giacomett was sold for over $141 million. Here's a look at some of the most expensive things available in the world. On May 11, 2015, Pablo Picassoâs Les Femmes dâAlger (Version O) was sold for $179.3 million at a Christie's auction in New York â a new record for the most expensive painting ever sold at an auction.