In 2017, an anonymous buyer paid $450 million for Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi.' But it was down to Alex Rotter, on the other end of the telephone, to make the historic bid.
But it wasn't Rotter who made the world-famous purchase -- it was the anonymous bidder on the end of his telephone line. In fact, he was just as surprised as anyone.
"It was really unclear how far the client would go. It was just , 'Do you want to?' I remember making sure that I -- thatRotter during the sale of the "Salvator Mundi" at Christie's New York."Normally I'd just say the next bid, but I remember clarifying it at 300 million. I said, 'It's $300 million, do you want to bid $300 million now?'It's a remarkably candid account, given how tight-lipped Christie's has remained about the historic sale.
Agents celebrate after the auction of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" during the Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale at Christie's on November 15, 2017. Rotter is pictured on the right.Many of Rotter's interlocutors are long-term clients. So he's also on hand to offer advice -- how much similar artworks sold for, or how a bidding war might unfold. And then, by Rotter's own admission, there's an element of gentle encouragement.
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