To have purchased the 10 most expensive art works of 2012, a potential buyer would have needed more than 200 million Czech crowns, whereas a year earlier they would have needed less than half this amount. The previous year saw a new record as far as the Czech market was concerned. “It is clear that in 2012 collectors and investors spent more money at Czech auctions than in any other single year in the past,” says Marcela Chmelařová, editor in-chief of ART+.