Klimt portrait sets new record at auction

Radio National Breakfast
20/11/2025 7 min
Klimt portrait sets new record at auction

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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 

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