Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ sells for $400m at Christie’s New York - a world auction record

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ set the highest price ever for an artwork sold at auction when it was knocked down at $400m (£304.2m) at Christie’s New York last night.

The work easily surpassed the previous auction record for any artwork of $160m, set by Pablo Picasso…

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