The Scream fetches $119.9M US in record art auction

CBC News Posted: May 2, 2012 12:17 PM ET 

Edvard Munch's The Scream, one of the world’s most recognizable images, has been sold at auction in New York for a record $119.9 million US, making it one of the most expensive works of art ever. The buyer is unknown at this time, CBC's David Common reported from New York. The bidding ended at the historic sum of $107 million. The collector, who bid by telephone, can be expected to pay additional auction house fees that should bring the final payment for the 1895 painting to just shy of $120 million, Common reported.