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Klimt portrait sets new record at auction
Manage episode 520250507 series 5427
A portrait by illustrious Austrian artist, Gustav Klimt, has set a new record for a modern art piece, selling at a Sotheby's auction for a staggering $US236.4 million.
Six bidders battled it out for Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer for twenty minutes.
The winning bidder remains anonymous.
- Guest: Jane Kallir, Director and President of the Kallir Research Institute
- Producers: Eleni Psaltis and Lexie Jeuniewic
496 episodes
Manage episode 520250507 series 5427
A portrait by illustrious Austrian artist, Gustav Klimt, has set a new record for a modern art piece, selling at a Sotheby's auction for a staggering $US236.4 million.
Six bidders battled it out for Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer for twenty minutes.
The winning bidder remains anonymous.
- Guest: Jane Kallir, Director and President of the Kallir Research Institute
- Producers: Eleni Psaltis and Lexie Jeuniewic
496 episodes
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