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What is the most expensive tuna ever sold?

In 2019, a Japanese sushi restaurant owner paid about $3 million for a single bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish market auction.

Ruby Roman grapes from Japan have sold at auction for more than $10,000 a bunch.

"Salvator Mundi," attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, sold for about $450 million in 2017, the most ever paid for a painting at auction.

Vincent van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" sold for $82.5 million in 1990, a record at the time.

Pablo Picasso's "Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O)" sold for about $179 million in 2015.

A painting from Claude Monet's haystack series sold for about $110.7 million in 2019.

Frida Kahlo's "Diego y yo" sold for about $34.9 million in 2021, a record for a Latin American artist at the time.

Andy Warhol's "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" sold for about $195 million in 2022, the highest auction price for an American artwork.

Georgia O'Keeffe's "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1" sold for about $44.4 million in 2014, a record for a female artist at the time.

Black Lotus cards have sold for more than $500,000.