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Sotheby’s Shatters Records at Its Breuer Debut as a $236.4M Klimt Leads the $706M Evening Sale

The auction house’s debut at the Breuer was defined by Gustav Klimt’s late portrait soaring to $236.4 million, anchoring the ...

Behind the Scenes of the $236 Million Gustav Klimt Sale at Sotheby’s

Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer is now the most expensive work of modern art ever sold at auction. How did Sotheby’s pull off ...

Gustav Klimt portrait that spared its subject from Nazis breaks modern art record with $236M sale

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting has sold for a record $236 million at an auction where a solid gold toilet also sold for $12 ...

Night of Modern Art History, Night of Spectacle at Sotheby’s

At $236.4 million, a portrait by Gustav Klimt is the second most expensive painting sold at auction, while Maurizio ...
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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 ...