Sentences with phrase «extraordinary bidding battle»
These records were obliterated when Jussi Pylkkänen, Christie's Global President, brought the hammer down on Lot 9 after an extraordinary bidding battle that lasted just short of 20 minutes.
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The once - in - a-lifetime auction of Salvator Mundi, which followed a global exhibition that had seen thousands of people come to view the painting, produced an extraordinary 19 - minute bidding battle before it was finally bought for $ 450,312,500.