This is a blockbuster Big news in the art world: ?Salvator Mundi,? reportedly the last Leonardo Da Vinci painting in private hands, will go on auction on November 15 in New York City. And for a cool (estimated) $100 million, someone can snag it for the ultimate statement wall piece.
Christie?s, the auction house holding the sale, unveiled the masterpiece at a press conference this morning in New York City, where it also presented Andy Warhol?s ?Sixty Last Suppers,? a 32-foot painting completed in 1986 that will be up for auction alongside Da Vinci?s work; the Warhol piece is expected to fetch $50 million.
Dating back to 1500, ?Salvator Mundi? is one of around 15 surviving paintings by one of history?s greatest artists and depicts a half-length figure of Jesus Christ, holding a crystal orb in his left hand and raising his right hand in benediction. The painting was originally recorded in the collection of King Charles and was long thought to be lost or destroyed until it was rediscovered in 2005. In 2011, it made a public debut in an exhibition at the National Gallery in London before selling privately in 2014.
Courtesy Christie?s
Da Vinci?s ?Salvator Mundi.?

Courtesy Christie?s
Andy Warhol?s ?Sixty Last Suppers.?

The painting was only shown to the media for two hours this morning before it sets off for a global tour with public exhibitions in Hong Kong, San Francisco, London, and, finally, New York before the auc...