The Richest Media Dragons Duel Over Salvator Mundi - Christ Saviour of The World

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Salvator Mundi (Leonardo) - Wikipedia

It was an eye-watering amount that not even the experts had predicted. As the hammer fell at Christie’s New York on Wednesday night, it marked the first time that $400m (£304m) was paid for a single painting at auction.

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How did Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, a masterpiece rediscovered less than a decade ago, sell for more than triple the amount most dealers and experts had predicted?

Thomas Campbell, former director of the Metropolitan Musuem of Art, told the Guardian that while the price was “eye-popping, it should come as no surprise in a market where speculation, marketing and branding have displaced connoisseurship as the metrics of value”.

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A MEdia Dragon takes a photo of Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci at Christie’s New York auction house before the sale. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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Separated by 500 years and $450 million.

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[ca. 1505 by Leonardo Da Vinci, maybe]

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Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs

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After 19 minutes of dueling, with four bidders on the telephone and one in the room, Leonardo da Vinci's “Salvator Mundi” sold on Wednesday night for $450.3 million ...

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