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| Gustav Klimt's painting,Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I.[File photo] | 
2. Ronald Lauder,Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, $135 million.
Ronald Lauder, the son of the founders of Estée Lauder Companies, purchased Gustav Klimt's painting,Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, at a price of $135 million for his Neue Galerie in New York City in June 2006.
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