After an exciting twelve minute bidding battle, the only privately-owned version of Edvard Munch’s instantly recognisable masterpiece, The Scream, was sold at auction for a record $119.9 million, or £74 million. This was one of four versions of the painting. Apparently there were seven bidders initially in competition but it ended up in a private war . . . → Read More: The Scream sells for a record £74m
