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Gustav Klimt painting sells for record-breaking $236.4m at auction

United KingdomPublished November 19, 2025

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The bidding started at $130m for Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer and six bidders competed for 20 minutes at the Sotheby’s auction on Tuesday night in New York. The painting sold for a record-breaking $236.4m (£179.7m) with fees, making it the most expensive work of modern art sold at auction. It was paint…

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