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The Most Expensive Statues Sold at Auction

Giacometti’s L’homme au doigt is Guinness World Records’ most expensive sculpture sold at auction. Koons’s Rabbit holds the separate living-artist record.
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The best-supported answer to “What is the most expensive statue ever sold?” is Alberto Giacometti’s bronze L’homme au doigt (also known as Pointing Man). Guinness World Records says it sold for $141,285,000 at Christie’s in New York on 11 May 2015, setting the record for the highest price paid for a sculpture at auction. That is an auction record, not a verified ranking of every private and public transaction.

Which sculpture holds the overall auction record?

L’homme au doigt is a 1947 bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti. Guinness World Records lists its Christie’s New York sale on 11 May 2015 at $141,285,000 as the highest auction price for a sculpture. The record page describes a slender, 180-centimetre-tall figure with one arm extended and pointing. It also says the work exists in six casts, most of which are in museums. Guinness World Records’ sculpture auction record

The $141,285,000 figure is the historical reported sale price, not a current appraisal. The record entry establishes the auction result; it does not establish a comprehensive value ranking across private sales.

What is the record for a sculpture by a living artist?

Jeff Koons’s Rabbit, created in 1986, holds a separate record category: the highest auction price for a sculpture by a living artist, according to Guinness World Records. Christie’s sold it in New York on 15 May 2019 for $91,075,000, including the buyer’s premium. Christie’s described the result as “a new world auction record for a work by a living artist.” Guinness World Records’ living-artist record; Christie’s sale report

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Christie’s gives Rabbit’s height as 41 inches. The sale figure is lower than Giacometti’s overall auction record, but the records describe different categories and different sale years.

Why “most expensive statue” needs a qualification

“Statue” is often used casually for sculptural works, but record listings generally identify the broader category of sculpture. More importantly, an auction record is not the same thing as a record covering every transaction. The cited entries document auction results; they do not settle the prices of private sales or provide a complete worldwide ranking of all statues and sculptures.

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  • Sale type: These records concern public auctions, not every private transaction.
  • Record category: L’homme au doigt is the overall sculpture auction record listed by Guinness; Rabbit is the living-artist sculpture record.
  • Date and place: The works sold at Christie’s in New York in 2015 and 2019, respectively.
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How the two record prices compare

Work Record category Reported auction result Sale details
Alberto Giacometti, L’homme au doigt (Pointing Man) Highest price paid for a sculpture at auction, according to Guinness World Records $141,285,000 Christie’s, New York, 11 May 2015; 180 cm tall; bronze; six casts, according to Guinness World Records
Jeff Koons, Rabbit Highest auction price for a sculpture by a living artist, according to Guinness World Records $91,075,000, including buyer’s premium Christie’s, New York, 15 May 2019; 41 inches high, according to Christie’s

These are reported historical sale figures, not inflation-adjusted comparisons or estimates of what either work would sell for today. The sources establish notable auction records, not an all-transactions ranking of every object that might be called a statue.

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