Lifestyle | Alberto Giacometti Giacometti Sculpture Sells for Record $104.3M 'Walking Man I' squeaks by Picasso's record price By Nick McMaster Posted Feb 3, 2010 3:55 PM CST Copied Sculptures by Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) and paintings by Francis Bacon (1909-1992) are on display in the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland, Thursday Aug. 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas) Alberto Giacometti's "Walking Man I" sculpture has sold at Sotheby's for $104.3 million, breaking the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. The previous record-holder was Picasso's "Boy With a Pipe," which sold for $104.2 million 6 years ago, the Wall Street Journal reports. The sale of Giacometti's 1960 work, a 6-foot-tall bronze, could signal a resurgence for sluggish art sales. Read These Next Justice Department goes after a prominent Trump foe. 200 images of the Idaho murder scene have been released. Ivanka and Jared are making headlines again. Something James Carville said made Melania Trump's lawyer unhappy. Report an error