World's Top Artists at Auction 1H13

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USA TODAY Snapshot. USA Today, Nov 15, 2013, at A1.

"World's Top Artists at Auction
Auction sales in first half of 2013, in million

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)  $226.1
Zhang Daqian (1899-1993)  $180.3
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1860-1988)  $169.2
Qi Baishi (1864-1957) $138
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)  $137.1

Source: Artnet.com ranking of Fine Art sales at auction
ANNE R CAREY AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY"

Note:
(a) The graphic is based on

Katherine Markley, Q1-Q2 Auction Performance in 2013. Artnet.com, July 12, 2013.
http://www.artnet.com/insights/a ... ormance-in-2013.asp
(b) Caution: Just two weeks ago, New York Times report that many auction buyers from China end up not paying (ie transactions not consumated).