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Record $236.3m Klimt leads Sotheby’s first night of auctions in Breuer Building

The $706m total for the night included a white-glove sale of 24 lots from the collection of late cosmetics heir Leonard Lauder

Carlie Porterfield
19 November 2025
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Sotheby's auctioneer Oliver Barker prepares to sell Gustav Klimt's Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, 1914-16) for a hammer price of $205m Courtesy Sotheby's
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