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Representatives speak to potential bidders on the phone during an auction for Edvard Munch's painting entitled The Scream at a Sotheby's auction in New York, May 2, 2012
Thursday, May. 03, 2012

Open quoteTogether with the Mona Lisa, it's the most famous and recognized image in art history.Close quote

  • MICHAEL FRAHM,
  • of art advisory service Frahm Ltd., explaining why Edvard Munch's iconic painting, The Scream, reached $119.9 million at auction Wednesday night at Sotheby's in New York
Photo: Wang Lei / Xinhua | Source: The Independent