The breathtaking $450 million (including buyer's premium) sale of Salvator Mundi generates headlines across the world, garlanding a superb week of sales in which nine works realise more than $10 million, a further eight surpass $20 million, and three works fetch over $50 million.
An historic season at Christie’s in New York finished on Thursday, with the final total across seven sales hitting $1,421,993,000 / £1,082,817,271. The highlight was the extraordinary 19-minute bidding battle for Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi in Wednesday’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, culminating in the work being sold for a world-auction record price of $450,312,500 (including buyer’s premium).
The depth and quality of art offered across the week was remarkable, with nine works realising more than $10 million, a further eight being acquired for in excess of $20 million, and three achieving more than $50 million.
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pawnstarts be like:
$1000 take it or leave it.
“I know it’s worth $400mil but it’s hard to pass up on $500 and a butt plug”- pawn stars seller
it’s really expensive i need to frame it and make a display.. $800
“Hey rick… I just bought the salvator Mundi”
“The painting?”
“Yes Rick by leonardo Da Vinci”
“… ok chum. How much did you spend”
“Only like 400 million”
“400 million? Chum How am I supposed to sell that?”
“Idk… looks pretty cool dude”
“That’s it. Its coming out of your paycheck”
I’ll give you 5 bucks but I’m taking a risk here
Rick :”who knows if it will sell, I take all the risks.”
I cant even afford to make a roaming call for that long
LMAO 😂
psumiz 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀
True
You have a good day 🤫🤣🤣🤣
Shipping: $5.99
Cancels Order.
x WeirdAxxent x same bro 😂😂
Lmao
More like 599
@@istealwaifus8526 .. thousand
ROFL 😂😂
Rich guy on phone: “I have to go mate. Just bid $400mm and bring it home.”
Bought by Saudi Prince (rumours)
china 100%
@@insomnia20422 Saudi Prince mate
@@insomnia20422 its a saudi prince. And i think they lost it for a while but later found it in one of their yacht. Bruh
R4NR4N • 87 years ago • Edited OOPS. Just lost my $400M painting
And here I am putting water into my shampoo bottle.
Edit: hatdog
HAHHHHHHHAHAHHA
hahahahahahahaha this is so true
Lmao wkwkwkwkw
priceless – this takes me back
I pee directly in the shampoo bottle, to save water.
Anyone else waiting for some guy to burst in through the door : ” *1 billion dollars* “
Me lol
me
no thats just dumb
Doctor evil
Just like on snl
Guy on phone:$400mil
Me trying to order domino’s with coupon for $29.99
Tf kinda dominoes pizza costs 29.99
Get ur money up man… 💰…. Gotta get that bag….!
Tim Stevenson it’s like less than 10$ in France
I’m your 1000th like
You know they’re rich when they’re bidding by ten million steps.
Right I wouldn’t be able to bet on 10 dollar increments…
I knew they were rich when he started at 90 million😂😂
Man you know they’re rich when they’re buying anything in the millions
if you can afford to blow that kind of cash on a painting, then spending that kind of cash doesn’t even bother you in the slightest. They probably make billions every month.
@Christoper Budden I’m ur 1K like. GG
*Someone puts their phone in the air to take a picture*
“And we have £410 million”
That’s actually the Prime example of the “Trierer Weinversteigerungsfall”
@@lny8364 haha in Germany we learn that in Studiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Modul Bürgerliches Recht.
This comment needs more credit. I actually laughed
$410 not £410
@@zachgriffith8557 more credit? Lmao do you want to give him an award? 😂
These guys are just bidding the entire gdp of an African country
You are shouting 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
Tonga GDP is 428 million usd and is ranked 184th out of 191 countries, and 185th ranked is Sao Tome & Principe with 398 million usd Guinea-Bissau is the lowest GDP African Nation with a gdp of 1.3billion so yea.
Dont you just love it ??
😂😂😂😂😂🤦♀️
@@NathansWargames I mean half an african countries gdp still has a ring to it
Westside Gunn’s album brought me here. Incredible opening to an album honestly
pray for paris
I came here strictly for this comment
This just shows how crazy the wealth disparity is in the world. Being a multi-millionaire already gives you a life of super luxury. But this auction is not just amongst billionaires, but multi-billionaires. And even multi-billionaires still couldn’t compete with the wealth of a Saudi Arabian Prince. It’s absolutely insane
There are to groups of people. The we have it’s, and the we don’t have it’s…….. After that is the rich, the middle, and then the rest of us……….
Billionaire, Billionaires couldn’t afford this,a million can be made easily but a Billion
For that kind of money I expect Leonardo himself to get back to earth and hand deliver it himself.
Shipping is free with a purchase over 410 million
Fine print “Guaranteed delivery by Jesus during the second coming”
And sine it live
He never left earth I think
$400,000,000 on a painting is a mad flex
Not if you run a cartel and want to settle something without an audit trail, sir.
People believe Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) purchased it.
@Chris3141592 well it wasn’t bought buy a cartel, it was bought by the crown prince of Saudi
@@seed869 thank you for the info. Seems odd that a non Christian would want to own this painting but I am assuming he’s not a Christian when I guess he could be. Actually he must be.
@Chris3141592 He is a muslim, and Saudi Arabia follows shariah law. The depiction of christ isn’t offensive in Islam and they recognise Jesus as a prophet but do not recognise him as the son of God. Furthermore, I imagine the actual content of the painting is irrelevant to the prince just the name is all that matters.
If I could borrow $399.9 million I still couldn’t afford to buy that painting
Crazy to believe that this piece was sold in 1958 for £45.
Inflation factored in, 45 in 1958 is worth 8.5 billion in 2022
@@vipe4_1971 you’re on crack, not even close lmao
@@vipe4_1971 not even close lmao it’s about $470
@@ciairajune it’s a joke, woman ☕
@@lungcops my bad i thought jokes were supposed to be funny
I saw this painting up close and personal in SF on preview. No plexigass barrier, the painting was 8 feet from me and it was thrilling. It made me cry. They also previewed all the modern art that would be auctioned on the same day. It was an experience of a lifetime.
Wow….love to see it.
Cringe
You had a chance to destroy it and you let it go 🙄
What a sad lifetime you must be living.
I won’t lie it’s absolutely beautiful
Videos like this makes me feel like crying when I look at my account balance 😢
With due respect, I feel insulted by your comment, my comment wasn’t intended to be a joke 😠
Oh my God, I am so happy to hear this here, I got introduced to Mr. Alberto some two weeks ago, it still feels like a dream, so far I have made over $7,000 trading with him, at this rate I am sure I am on my way to becoming a millionaire.
I will only accept your apology under the condition that you will introduce me to him and I too will start making profit
Thanks for the help everyone, I will contact him immediately 👍
Amazing auctioneer, literally at the height of his game!
The casual dismissal of the $95M bid was EVERYTHING!