Wiki’s Wacky List of the World’s Most Expensive Paintings

Approach with caution: Like everything else from Wikipedia, there may be some errors here. But listed all in one place is a voluminous compilation of known big-money painting sales, both public and private, naming prices, sellers and buyers.
Apparently the Wikipedians know that David Martinez bought the $140-million Jackson Pollock. Thank goodness we’ve finally got THAT conundrum solved!
And who knew that the Getty bought both Picasso’s “Garçon à la Pipe” and his “Dora Maar au Chat”? Not even the Getty knew that. What a surprise! And the Frick will be similarly surprised to learn that it sold the Getty its Pontormo. I always thought the Pontormo portrait had been on loan to the Frick, not owned by it.
On second thought, maybe you shouldn’t click the above link. That entry really does need some work.