Edvard Munch's The Scream to be sold at auction
Edvard Munch's The Scream to be sold at auction
One of four versions of famous artwork could achieve $80m, making it one of most expensive art works sold at auction
A version of one of the most recognisable images in the world – Edvard Munch's The Scream – is to be sold by Sotheby's in New York.
The auction house said it could fetch more than $80m (£50m), which would make it one of the most expensive artworks ever sold at auction.
Shaw said it was difficult to predict the value of The Scream but recent sales suggested the price could exceed $80m at the 2 May auction. That would place it alongside auction record holders, such as Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, which holds the current record after it sold for $106m at Christie's in New York in May 2010. That broke the previous record of $104.3m paid three months earlier for Giacometti's Walking Man I at Sotheby's in London.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/feb/21/edvard-munch-the-scream-auction?intcmp=239
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Sorry, coundn't resist. 
