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23 May 2013 Updated at 7:57 PM UAE
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Top ten most expensive paintings ever sold

$250m The Card Players by Paul Cezanne Oil rich Qatar broke the world record for the most expensive painting ever sold when it purchased by the post Impressionist Paul Cezanne’s The Card Players. The Gulf state, who is likely to display the painting in the Qatar National Museum, acquired the painting last year from George Embiricos, a Greek shipping magnate. The amount paid was disclosed last only week.

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Posted by: Ghareeb Monday, 6 February 2012 2:53 PM[UAE] - UK

It would have been a blessing, if such a sum is spent on feeding the poor half a billion children, who cannot even afford clean water.

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