拍卖史上最贵艺术品诞生！全球唯一可以买到的达芬奇画作 -《救世主》（Salvator Mundi）在纽约佳士得上拍，20分钟争夺战中迎来逾50口叫价。拍卖官最终以US$4亿天价落槌，连佣成交价达到难以置信的US$4.5亿（约RMB
29.3亿）。
Salvator Mundi意思是「世界的救世主」，耶稣基督身穿蓝衣，一反传统红袍造型，左手拿水晶球，右手作祝福手势。象征「传承和富贵」。存世达芬奇画作凤毛麟角，大约就15或16幅。在私人藏家手中的只有这幅《救世主》，其他的不是在博物馆就是在教堂，皆是「眼看手勿动」。
如此的世纪拍卖，拍卖场当然早就座无虚席，同时满满的塞进了来自50多间传媒的采访人员。拍卖官由全球总裁彭肯南（Jussi Pylkkanen）担任，他以US$7,000万、一个相当保守且诱人的价钱起拍。至US$1.9亿以前，这仍是众人之争 - 4位电话竞投与1位现场人士。 US$2亿关口以后，就只剩下两人出手。
后排举手的是Francois，前排最右方的是Alex
这两人是古典艺术部门主管Francois de Poortere，与战后及当代艺术部美洲区联合主席Alex Rotter。 US$2亿开始，每口叫价由US$1,000万降至US$500万。两人你来我往，一路斗至US$2.6亿，此后每口叫价进一步降至US$200万。
现场只得两人出价，每口又愈趋缓慢，再加上双方已拉锯多时，如斯情况非得拍卖官处理一下。彭肯南见惯风浪，当然不是省油的灯，屡次适时幽默一下，缓和现场气氛。
还未到拍照时刻呢
例如US$2亿多叫价时，等了好一会都未有出价，他就向电话竞投席说「Are we all done? Maybe not. Don't take photos quite yet」（意思大概是：都出价了吗？或许还没有。先别急着拍照），引来全场发笑。
与此同时，他亦不会忘了向Francois及Alex施压，建议两人令竞投客户提高叫价，好让拍卖保持着所需节奏。
要赢得绝世画作，就不得不施点计策。 Francois客户是「稳打稳扎」，出价基本上就是规距的一口一口上去；反观Alex客户则不时「出奇不意」，会突然以高价突袭对手。
Alex（右一）代客户胜出竞投，相当兴奋
是时候拍照记录历史一刻了
US$2.7亿时，下一口应是US$2.72亿，他就出价US$2.8亿；US$2.86亿时，下一口是US$2.88亿，他就出价US$3亿。这种出奇不意最终为他带来胜利，Francois出价US$3.7亿，Alex一口气叫出US$4亿，拍卖官一槌定音，写下拍卖史新一章。
买家方面，暂时未有消息透露Alex的客人是谁。至于卖家方面，行方虽然只说是「重要欧洲收藏」，但艺术界都知道是俄罗斯「化肥大王」雷波诺列夫（Dmitry Rybolovlev，上图）。
画作以天价脱手，这位富商应该相当高兴。事关2013年时，他以US$1.275亿购下《救世主》，后来却发现这幅大作只卖了US$8,000万。即是说，这宗买卖的中间人 - 他的艺术顾问Yves Bouvier（上图）「过水湿脚」，侵吞了US$4,200多万。两人的官司仍未结束，但雷氏现在应该可以开香槟庆祝一下了。
补充一下，此前的画作拍卖纪录，由毕加索（Pablo Picasso）的《阿尔及尔的女人（O版）》（Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O)）创下，于2015年在纽约佳士得以US$1.79亿成交。
达芬奇（Leonardo da Vinci，1452-1519）《救世主》（Salvator Mundi）
拍品编号：9B
创作时间：约1500年
尺寸：65.7 x 45.7cm
来源：
- (Possibly) Commissioned after 1500 by King Louis XII of France (1462-1515) and his wife, Anne of Brittany (1477-1514), following the conquest of Milan and Genoa, and possibly by descent to
- Henrietta Maria of France (1609-1669), by whom possibly brought to England in 1625 upon her marriage to
- King Charles I of England (1600-1649), Greenwich; Commonwealth Sale, as ‘A peece of Christ done by Leonardo at 30- 00- 00’, presented, 23 October 1651, as part of the Sixth Dividend to
- Captain John Stone (1620-1667), leader of the Sixth Dividend of creditors, until 1660, when it was returned with other works upon the Restoration to
- King Charles II of England (1630-1685), Whitehall, and probably by inheritance to his brother
- King James II of England (1633-1701), Whitehall, from which probably removed by
- Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657-1717), or her future son-in-law, John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1648-1721), and probably by descent to his illegitimate son
- Sir Charles Herbert Sheffield, 1st Bt. (c. 1706-1774); John Prestage, London, 24 February 1763, lot 53, as ‘L. Da. Vinci A head of our Saviour’ (£2.10).
- Sir [John] Charles Robinson (1824-1913), as Bernardino Luini; by whom sold in 1900 to
- Sir Francis Cook, 1st Bt. (1817-1901), Doughty House, Richmond, and by descent through
- Sir Frederick [Lucas] Cook, 2nd Bt. (1844-1920), Doughty House, Richmond, and
- Sir Herbert [Frederick] Cook, 3rd Bt. (1868-1939), Doughty House, Richmond, as ‘Free copy after Boltraffio’ and later ‘Milanese School’, to
- Sir Francis [Ferdinand Maurice] Cook, 4th Bt. (1907-1978); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 25 June 1958, lot 40, as ‘Boltraffio’ (£45 to Kuntz).
- Private collection, United States.
- Robert Simon, New York.
- Private sale; Sotheby’s, New York.
- Acquired from the above by the present owner
估价：US$100,000,000
槌价：US$400,000,000
成交价：US$450,312,500
拍卖行：纽约佳士得
拍卖场次：战后及当代艺术晚拍
拍卖日期：2017/11/15