‘These prices are absurd’: Leonardo da Vinci the size of a Post-it sells for $16.5 million
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A tiny Leonardo da Vinci sketch sold Thursday at Christie’s for 8.9 million pounds with fees, or about $16.5 million, a record price for a Leonardo drawing at auction.
Leonardo’s delicate silverpoint study
Head of a Bear, measuring just under 3 inches by 3 inches (about 7.5 centimetres), and thought to date from the early 1480s, was included in Christie’s summer “Exceptional Sale” of high-value historical works of art assembled from a range of collecting categories.
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‘These prices are absurd’: Leonardo da Vinci the size of a Post-it sells for $16.5 million
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A tiny Leonardo da Vinci sketch sold Thursday at Christie’s for 8.9 million pounds with fees, or about $16.5 million, a record price for a Leonardo drawing at auction.
Leonardo’s delicate silverpoint study
Head of a Bear, measuring just under 3 inches by 3 inches (about 7.5 centimetres), and thought to date from the early 1480s, was included in Christie’s summer “Exceptional Sale” of high-value historical works of art assembled from a range of collecting categories.
A Leonardo da Vinci the Size of a Post-it Sells for $12 2 Million nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.