Klimt's "Lady with a Fan" Sets European Auction Record at $108.4 Million
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Gustav Klimt's "Lady with a Fan" has become the most expensive painting ever sold in Europe, fetching a price of £74 million ($108.77 million) at an auction at Sotheby's London. The 1918 painting, which had not been on the market for 30 years, surpassed the previous European auction record. However, Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" remains the most expensive painting ever sold worldwide.
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