World's Most Expensive Million Dollar Photographs

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Take a look at the most expensive photographs of all time, and then flip through your phone's photo album. You never know if that beach panorama could make you an overnight baller. While most of us are fretting over a selfie hitting the double digits in Instagram Likes, these photographers are making millions from their visionary, creative, breathtaking and revealing images.

#1 Phantom — Peter Lik, $6.5 million




#2 Rhein II — Andreas Gursky (1999) $4.3 million




#3 Untitled #96 — Cindy Sherman (1981) $3.9 million




#4 To Her Majesty — Gilbert & George (1973) $3.7 million




#5 Dead Troops Talk — Jeff Wall (1992) $3.7 million




#6 Untitled (Cowboy) — Richard Prince (2001-2002) $3.4 million




#7 99 Cent II, Diptychon — Andreas Gursky (2001) $3.3 million




#8 Los Angeles — Andreas Gursky (1998) $2.9 million




#9 The Pond—Moonlight — Edward Steichen (1904)




#10 Untitled #153 — Cindy Sherman (1985) $2.7 million