Klimt's "Lady with a Fan" Sells for a European Auction Record at Sotheby's
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CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterHeni's[1] auction-history recap states the painting 'sold for $108.7m (£85.31m) at Sotheby's in London on June 27, 2023', which Al Jazeera's[2] report ('sold on Tuesday') independently corroborates.
Gustav Klimt's final portrait, Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan), sold for $108.7 million (£85.3 million) at Sotheby's in London after a ten-minute bidding war, becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction in Europe.
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