{"id":13688,"date":"2017-11-15T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T06:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/da-vinci-portrait-of-christ-sells-for-record-shattering-450-million\/"},"modified":"2017-11-15T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T06:17:00","slug":"da-vinci-portrait-of-christ-sells-for-record-shattering-450-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/da-vinci-portrait-of-christ-sells-for-record-shattering-450-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Da Vinci Portrait Of Christ Sells For Record-Shattering $450 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi<\/em> on display at Christie’s auction rooms, in London, last month.<\/p>\n

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\n Bidding representatives react after Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi<\/em> sold for $400 million at Christie’s, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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A portrait of Christ by Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci has shattered all previous records for artworks sold at auction or privately, fetching a whopping $450.3 million on Wednesday at Christie’s in New York.<\/p>\n

Salvator Mundi<\/em> (Savior of the World<\/em>), is one of only a score of da Vinci’s still in existence and the only one held privately.<\/p>\n

The bidding opened at $75 million and ran for 19 minutes.<\/p>\n

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“There were gasps throughout the sale, as the bids climbed by tens of millions up to $225 million, by fives up to $260 million, and then by twos. As the bidding slowed, and a buyer pondered the next multi-million-dollar increment, Jussi Pylkkanen, the auctioneer, said, ‘It’s an historic moment; we’ll wait.’<\/p>\n

Toward the end, Alex Rotter, Christie’s co-chairman of postwar and contemporary art, who represented a buyer on the phone, made two big jumps to shake off one last rival bid from Francis de Poortere, Christie’s head of old master paintings.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The name of the buyer was not immediately released. The final bid was $400 million, but the sale price includes a premium paid to Christie’s.<\/p>\n

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“Salvator Mundi<\/em> is a painting of the most iconic figure in the world by the most important artist of all time,” said Loic Gouzer, co-chairman of post-war and contemporary art at Christie’s was quoted by The Associated Press<\/a> as saying. “The opportunity to bring this masterpiece to the market is an honor that comes around once in a lifetime.”<\/p>\n