The Scream sale led to record $330 million auction at Sotheby's

Edvard Munch's 1895 crayon drawing "The Scream" sold for $119.9 million Wednesday night, making it the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

Image Credit: AP The sales room at Sotheby's erupts in applause and cheering as the hammer came down on Edvard Munch's The Scream, which was auctioned in New York on Wednesday. New York: Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream, one of the world's most

“The Scream” is one of the art world's most recognizable images. / Associated Press/Sotheby's Auction House Associated Press NEW YORK — One of the art world's most recognizable images — Edvard Munch's "The Scream" — sold Wednesday for a record

I walked along the road with two friendsSuddenly the sky became blood … I heard a huge extraordinary scream pass through nature.” Edvard MunchThis evening a pastel version of Munch's famous vision "The Scream", will

Image Credit: AP The sales room at Sotheby's erupts in applause and cheering as the hammer came down on Edvard Munch's The Scream, which was auctioned in New York on Wednesday. New York: Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream, one of the world's most