According to CNN: "
Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" sold at Sotheby's in New York for $119.9 million on Wednesday night.
The
amount is a record for a work of art sold at auction. The version of
"The Scream" sold is one of four painted between 1893 and 1910, and is
one of the best-known images in modern art."
The painting was created after Edvard Munch visited his sister in an asylum and was deeply pained by a romantic break-up. The painting was estimated by some to bring in 200 million. Guess the economy is down even for billionaires. This only fetched $119.9 Million!