99 Cent II

Andreas Gursky's 2001 work 99 Cent II Diptychon is a two-part color photograph produced in 1999, hence the piece is frequently referred to as "99 cent.1999."

99 Cent II, one of the most expensive photographs ever sold, represents the interior of a supermarket, complete with various aisles of merchandise. To reduce perspective, the piece has been digitally manipulated. The snapshot is a chromogenic color print, sometimes known as a c-print. It's a triptych. Six sets were created and put on acrylic glass. The photos are 2.07 by 3.37 meters (6.8 feet 11.1 feet) in size.

When it was auctioned at Sotheby's on February 7, 2007, for US$3.34 million, the work became known as the most expensive image in the world. A second print sold for $2.25 million at auction in New York in May 2006, and a third print sold for $2.48 million in November 2006 at a New York gallery.

Artist: Andreas Gursky

Price: $3.3 million