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Who Are the 10 Most Expensive Women Artists at Auction?

Check out the top 10 most expensive women artists and their top lots, courtesy of information from the Artnet Price Database.
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Rare Gospel Written by Medieval Women Could Fetch More Than $1 Million at Auction

A recently uncovered gospel written by a community of women in the early 10th century will be one of the marquee lots at Christie’s valuable books and manuscripts sale in London on December 10. It is ...
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$54.7M sale of Frida Kahlo self-portrait breaks auction record for female artists

A haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million and became the top-selling work by any female artist at an auction. The painting of Kahlo asleep in a ...
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Upcoming Frida Kahlo auction could fetch up to $60 million, potentially setting a new record for a woman artist

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Frida Kahlo’s “El sueño (La cama)” — in English, “The Dream (The Bed)” — is causing a stir among art historians as its estimated $40 million to $60 million price tag would make it ...