Sentences with phrase «minute bidding battle»

The world auction record for Claude Monet was eclipsed after an epic 14 - minute bidding battle in the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York.

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.

Not exact matches

When Saputo Inc., Canada's largest dairy producer, won a hard - fought battle to acquire one of Australia's biggest dairies in 2014, it may have looked to outside observers as if the company had jumped into the frenzied bidding at the last minute, spotting an opportunity to spin a fast deal.

Nevertheless, some exciting battles were fought and a few new market records were set, most notably for Diego Rivera, whose brightly colored scene The Rivals (1931) sold for $ 9.76 million to a telephone bidder working with Conor Jordan, deputy chairman of Impressionist and modern art at Christie's, after just a few minutes of bidding.

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.

Yet seven collectors, including clients from the U.S., Europe and Asia, chased the painting past the $ 50 million dollar mark, trading bids in a prolonged battle that lasted nearly six minutes.