If you have ever wondered what is the most expensive artist alive, here is your chance to find out. Jasper Johns is the fan of many art-loving billionaires, being the world’s most expensive living artist for 10 years, until 2007. Last year, his record was taken away first by Damien Hirst, then by Jeff Koons, the current holder.

If you were wondering what were the expensive art pieces that these artists have put up for auction, here are some of their most impressive works.

The following piece, Jasper Johns - False Start is the piece for which Jasper got his title for the most expensive artist. In 1988, his White Flag painting sold for $7 million at Christies, while the painting you see above was sold at Sotheby’s the next night for $17 million.

2007 was the year when Damien Hirst took the title. The colorful piece above Damien Hirst - Lullaby Spring was auctioned for the impressive amount of $19.2 million. The pill cabinet now belongs to the royal family of Qatar, the Al-Thani family.

Last but not least, the following piece belongs to the artist currently known as the most expensive living artist at auction. Jeff Koons - Hanging Heart (Magenta/Gold) has been boughtfor $23.6 million in Novemebr 2007.

“Art prices are determined by the meeting of real or induced scarcity with pure, irrational desire, and nothing is more manipulable than desire.” the art critic Robert Hughes mentions about these impressive prices.

via The Art News Paper