In art collectors' terms, privately, what would the Mona Lisa painting be worth?

star_gazer

Because the Mona Lisa is priceless she is uninsured. http://www.monalisamania.com/trivia.htm Jun 26 09, 1:41 PM

gonnzo

A rough guess is $700 million USD. "From December 1962 to March 1963, the French government lent it to the United States to be displayed in New York City and Washington D.C....Before the 1962–3 tour, the painting was assessed, for insurance purposes, as valued at $100 million; the insurance was not bought, instead more money was spent on security. As an expensive painting, it has only recently been surpassed, in terms of actual dollar price, by three other paintings: the Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt, which was sold for $135 million, the Woman III by Willem de Kooning sold for $138 million in November 2006, and No. 5, 1948 by Jackson Pollock sold for a record $140 million on in November 2006. Although these figures are greater than the 1962 figure which the Mona Lisa was valued at, the comparison does not account for the change in prices due to inflation - $100 million in 1962 is approximately $700 million in 2009 when adjusted for inflation using the US Consumer Price Index." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa Jun 26 09, 5:21 PM