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