Klimt's 'Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer' goes for $236.4 million, becoming priciest modern artwork ever auctioned

Gustav Klimt's 'Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer,' sold for an astonishing $236.4 million on Tuesday, making it the most ...

How Leonard Lauder Lived Among His Iconic Klimts, Matisses, and Picassos

Among the works Lauder collected was Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer.” It sold for a record-breaking $236.36 million ...

After the Death of Two Titans, Where Are the Next Giant Art Patrons?

With the passing of Leonard A. Lauder and Agnes Gund amid financial headwinds, arts organizations worry that the cultural ...
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Leonard Lauder’s Klimt Fetches $236.4 Million at Sotheby’s

The top lot of the week was a Klimt portrait from the collection of Leonard Lauder at Sotheby's. It set a new auction record ...
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Sotheby’s Sold $706 Million of Art in 3 Hours. Here’s a Look at the Numbers

Sotheby's sold an astonishing $706 million worth of art in New York on Tuesday night. Katya Kazakina crunched the numbers.

Auction of cosmetics tycoon Leonard Lauder’s art collection is expected to fetch $500M

Page Six hears there was a dinner Friday night for the hotly anticipated auction of the cosmetics tycoon’s private art ...
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Sotheby’s Breuer Debut: $236.3m Klimt Record With Sale Totalling $706m

Sotheby's eased into its new headquarters with its first evening sales at the former Whitney Museum, designed by Marcel ...
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Leonard Lauder interview: ‘Queen Elizabeth sent her assistant to get her free powder compact’

The Estée Lauder group of companies is an American success story – and at the heart of it is Leonard Lauder, the older son of the beauty industry legend and household name Estée Lauder. This year ...