Leonardo da Vinci`s portrait of Christ Salvator Mundi&nbsp;sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million on Wednesday at Christie`s in New York -- more than double the old mark for any work of art at auction. 
 
The painting, only recently rediscovered and the last da Vinci left in private hands, fetched more than four times over the Christie&#39;s pre-sale estimate of about $100 million. It was more than twice the old auction record set by Picasso`s Les Femmes D`Alger,&nbsp;which sold for $179.4 in May 2015. 
 
Salvator Mundi&nbsp;was purchased by an unidentified buyer bidding via telephone after a protracted bidding war that stretched to nearly 20 minutes at the New York auction house.

Leonardo da Vinci`s portrait of Christ 'Salvator Mundi' sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million on Wednesday at Christie`s in New York

Leonardo da Vinci`s portrait of Christ Salvator Mundi sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million on Wednesday at Christie`s in New York -- more than double the old mark for any work of art at auction. The painting, only recently rediscovered and the last da Vinci left in private hands, fetched more than four times over the Christie's pre-sale estimate of about $100 million. It was more than twice the old auction record set by Picasso`s Les Femmes D`Alger, which sold for $179.4 in May 2015. Salvator Mundi was purchased by an unidentified buyer bidding via telephone after a protracted bidding war that stretched to nearly 20 minutes at the New York auction house.

Da Vinci portrait of Christ sells for record $450.3 mln in New York

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Da Vinci portrait of Christ sells for record $450.3 mln in New York