So what is the world's most expensive painting? No.5 1948 by Jackson Pollock, sold in 2006 for 140 million dollars. You will find two photographs of No.5 1948 below-I prefer to show it in a gallery space, to allow the viewer to appreciate its spatial personality. It is worth noting that another Jackson Pollock painting Blue Poles if sold would sell for at least 180 million dollars. Another challenger would be no doubt the Mona Lisa, in 1962 it was estimated to be worth by insurance companies 100 million dollars, taking into account inflation that would make it worth 743 million dollars today. Think of all the ipods Leonardo da Vinci could buy if he was alive today! Although I think it really would be worth billions if we take into account its cultural status that it has now achieved in our society making it priceless. In the movie 2012 starring John Cusack, the Mona Lisa is the only painting saved from the planet which is about to end in apocalypse. I couldn't help thinking throughout the film would it really matter if the Mona Lisa was destroyed with the rest of earth? Shouldn't they focus on saving human lives!?
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