Historical Photographs with Fascinating Stories Behind Them

[post_page_title]99 Cent[/post_page_title]

This photograph doesn’t capture any remarkable people or events, and yet it is one of the most expensive photos ever sold. The picture, titled 99 Cent, is stitched together from several images that Andreas Gursky photographed in a 99 Cents Only store in Los Angeles, California in 1999.

99 Cent

The colors and lines in the image made the ordinary, everyday shop look like a work of art. When the picture went to auction in 2006, it was sold for a whopping $2.3 million.

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