Last night, history was made in the Sotheby’s auction room at the Breuer Building. More than 25,000 visitors attended the preview exhibitions to see Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer) from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection. In the end, it came down to just two bidders battling it out, with @ob1london dropping the hammer for a record-breaking total of $236.4 million. Watch the full bidding war for the most valuable work of modern art – and the seco

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Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece ‘Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer)’ just made auction history, becoming the most valuable work of modern art ever sold at $236.4 million. Moments ago, the star lot from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection sparked a 19-minute bidding battle inside #SothebysNewYork’s Breuer Building. Watch @ob1london drop the hammer Watch @ob1london drop the hammer on the historic moment. This full-length portrait — shimmering with East Asian motifs, Fauvist color, a