The Ledger
The prices in the news, as reported and checked by an editor. Every entry says what kind of price it is — an auction result (with or without the buyer’s premium), a private or reported sale, or an asking price — and in which currency. Ranked by the US-dollar figure when the price was in dollars or a source gave one; we don’t convert currencies ourselves.
The biggest of 2026
Sold 5
- Homes$69.5 millionGolden Beach estate, 17,500 sq ft, bought by Meridian Coast LLC (reportedly tied to Jeff Bezos)
- Art & Sculpture€50 million (about $56 million)Claude Monet's IrisRecord: most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France, per ARTnews and Bloomberg; previous French record not given in the sources
- Art & Sculpture£31.6 million (about $42 million)Kandinsky's "Das bunte Leben" (The Colorful Life), 1907
- Art & Sculpture$2.2 millionGeorge Condo work sold by Sprüth Magers at Art Basel Paris
- Art & Sculpture$450,000Jenny Holtzer collaboration with Lady Pink sold by Sprüth Magers at Art Basel Paris
On the market 2
Asking and list prices: what sellers want, not what buyers paid. They’re never ranked with sales.
- Homes$38.9 millionJuan Gabriel's former Southwest Ranches estate (9.69 acres)
- Cars€2.3 million (about $2.5 million)Rimac Nevera R (starting price)
Prices are as reported by the auction house, the seller’s agent, public records or the outlet named, and checked by an editor against the story’s sources. Past prices don’t predict future ones — nothing here is investment advice.