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Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ fetches $450.3m at auction
Our daily round-up of news from the art world ‘Salvator Mundi’ sells for $450.3m at Christie’s New York | Leonardo…
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The sale of ‘the last Leonardo’ is a triumph for the dark art of marketing
Christie’s pulled out all the stops for the sale of ‘Salvator Mundi’ – and its efforts have more than paid off