$149,400,000 for Vincent Van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet, 1890.

During Van Gogh’s final months, the artist had been committed to care of Dr. Paul Gachet in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. It was there that Vincent Van Gogh produced several of the most important and revered works of his career, including this portrait of Dr. Gachet which he described to his sister as, “Sad but gentle, yet clear and intelligent, that is how many portraits ought to be done.”