# These 5 paintings just sold for over $100 million…each! 😱 🖼️

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Published: 2022-11-30
Updated: 2025-11-20

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Not only did each of these paintings sell for over $100 million each, but they were also part of an art collection that fetched almost $2 billion cumulatively!

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## Transcript

In Episode 3, I discussed the Paul G. Allen that was going up for auction at Christie’s in November.

There were 5 paintings in this auction that brought in over $100 million per piece. These paintings were:

- Paul Cezanne, *La Montaigne Sainte-Victoire*, $130,790,000
- Vincent van Gogh, *Verger avec cyprés*, $117,180,000
- Gustav Klimt, *Birch Forest*, $104,585,000
- Paul Gauguin, *Maternité II*, $105,730,000
- Georges Seurat, *Les Poseuses ensemble (petite version)*, $149,000,000+

## 🎧 Listen to the full episode [here](https://youtu.be/S6bvY6K7r2s).