Bloomberg 前日发布2010年全球拍卖市场成交价格最高的十大艺术品。（原文在这里）。这十件总价超过六亿美元的作品，除了两件来自中国的以外，其余全部是20世纪的西方现代作品–看来我们确实是进入21世纪了。Bloomberg 给出其中九件作品的图片。（缺少一件，北宋黄庭坚的书法作品” 砥柱铭”）
公开拍卖是现在对艺术品定价的唯一方法，但这种方法只能代表某件艺术品在特定时间的市场供求关系，不能表明作品的任何艺术价值。其实艺术价值和金钱之间是无法建立起直接价值联系的。否则艺术品可以定价买卖，不用拍卖了。正是因为无法用金钱衡量艺术价值，作品难以被复制，所以才有拍没市场的香火不断，所以才经常听说某件作品很有收藏价值（以期更高的后期价值）。吴冠中就说他从来不问他的作品在香港卖多少钱。再有，如第一张图所示毕加索的”Nude, Green Leaves and Bust”，创下2010年最高的拍卖价格–1.065亿美元，而它的前任收藏者是在1950年花17，000美元收购同一副作品。谁能解释这两个数字之区别？
或许有一天，如果仿真技术发达到一定程度，艺术品可以被无限逼真地仿制, 这种艺术品询价体系就会受到真正威胁了。每个人可以得到马蒂斯，毕加索的”真迹” 挂在墙上。不可能的事情也许会实现吧？
在此之前，我们只能看看这些小图了。。。
“Nude, Green Leaves and Bust,” by Pablo Picasso, sold for $106.5 million at Christie’s International in New York in May. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg
“Walking Man I” by Alberto Giacometti. Giacometti. The work fetched the equivalent of $103.4 million at Sotheby’s on Feb. 3, 2010, close to the world record price of $104.2 million for a Picasso in 2004. Both were beaten by a $106.5 million Picasso in May. Source: Sotheby’s via Bloomberg
An elaborately decorated mid-18th century Chinese porcelain vase made for emperor Qianlong and was estimated to fetch between 800,000 pounds and 1.2 million pounds at auction on Nov. 11. It sold for 51.6 million pounds ($83 million). Source: Bainbridge’s via Bloomberg
“Nu assis sur un divan (La Belle Romaine),” a 1917 painting by Amedeo Modigliani, sold for for $68.96 million. Photographer: Tom Starkweather/Bloomberg
“Men In Her Life,” a 1962 painting by Andy Warhol depicting actress Elizabeth Taylor, sold for $63 million at Phillips de Pury & Co. in New York, becoming the second most expensive Warhol ever sold at auction. Source: Phillips de Pury & Co. via Bloomberg
“Grande tete mince” by Alberto Giacometti, a 1954 bronze bust is from the estate of Los Angeles philanthropist Frances Brody. It fetched $53.3 million at Christie’s International on May 4, 2010, more than doubling its presale low estimate of $25 million. Source: Christie’s via Bloomberg
“Tete” by Amedeo Modigliani was included in Christie’s International June 14, 2010, auction of Impressionist and modern art in Paris. Dating from 1910 to 1912, the head was estimated to sell for between 4 million euros and 6 million euros. It fetched 43.2 million euros ($53 million). Source: Christie’s Images via Bloomberg
“Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto” (1903) by Pablo Picasso was offered for sale by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation at Christie’s International’s June 23 auction of Impressionist and Modern Art, in London, and was expected to fetch between 30 million pounds and 40 million pounds. It sold for 34.8 million pounds. Source: Christie’s Images via Bloomberg
“Nu de dos, 4 etat,” a 1930 sculpture by Henri Matisse, sold for $48.8 million. Photographer: Tom Starkweather/Bloomberg
