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Klimt Art Is Second-Most Expensive Painting Ever Sold at Auction
At $236.4 million, a portrait of a woman by Gustav Klimt became the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction. An 18-karat solid gold toilet by the artist Maurizio Cattelan sold for $12.1 million at the auction at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday.
“At $205 million, here it is for this Elisabeth Lederer portrait, only at Sotheby’s. Here in the Breuer, the Klimt. Julian, it’s yours. Congratulations, congratulations.” “Shall I sell at $10 million? Your chances are circling the drain, all of you. At $10 million. I’m selling at $10 million. At $10 million — fair Warning. At $10 million — that’s yours, Cassandra. Sold, $10 million to Paddle 86.”
At $236.4 million, a portrait of a woman by Gustav Klimt became the second-most expensive painting ever sold at auction. An 18-karat solid gold toilet by the artist Maurizio Cattelan sold for $12.1 million at the auction at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday.
By Chevaz Clarke
November 19, 2025
