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This list features the most expensive sculptures in the world based on selling value.

RANK	SCULPTURE	ARTIST	YEAR	SELLER	VALUE	BUYER	DATE SOLD
1	L'Homme au doigt	Alberto Giacometti	1947	Sheldon Solow	$141.3 million	Private collection	11 May 2015
2	L'Homme qui marche I	Alberto Giacometti	1961	Commerzbank	$104.3 million	Lily Safra	3 February 2010
3	Chariot	Alberto Giacometti	1950	—	$101.0 million	Steven A. Cohen	4 November 2014
4	Rabbit	Jeff Koons	1986	Estate of S. I. Newhouse	$91.1 million	Steven A. Cohen (via Robert Mnuchin)	15 May 2019
5	La jeune fille sophistiquée (Portrait de Nancy Cunard)	Constantin Brâncuși	1928-1932	Elizabeth Stafford	$71 million	Private collection	15 May 2018
6	Tête	Amedeo Modigliani	1911-1912	—	$70.7 million	—	4 November 2014
7	Tête	Amedeo Modigliani	1910–1912	Gaston Levy	$59.5 million	Private collection	14 June 2010
8	Balloon Dog (Orange)	Jeff Koons	1994–2000	Private collection	$58.4 million	Private collection	12 November 2013
9	La muse endormie	Constantin Brâncuși	1913	Jacques Ulmann	$57.3 million	Private collection	15 May 2017
10	Guennol Lioness	Unknown	c.3000 BC	Alastair Bradley Martin	$57.2 million	Private collection	5 December 2007

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References

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