The sale of a painting by Leonardo da Vinci for exorbitant $450.3 million on Wednesday in New York may have broken all the records, but some in the art world are disputing its authenticity.

The last Leonardo da Vinci painting in private hands is going to auction in New York next month -- with a pre-sale estimate of around $100 million.

Mystery shrouds Leonardo da Vinci painting that smashed records at auction "Salvator Mundi" was purchased by an anonymous bidder for a cool $450.3 million. By ABC News. November 16, 2017, 4:43 PM.

Reporting from Washington — Is the world about to gain another Leonardo da Vinci painting? The multitasking Renaissance genius who produced the most famous portrait in the world -- Mona somebody ...

The portrait of Jesus Christ, Salvator Mundi, was recently confirmed to be a da Vinci that had been thought to be destroyed. It's not clear where the painting was, exactly, for more than a century.

To da Vinci, math was art. "We had the problem of not wanting to show the painting at the beginning of a story that was about making that painting, and the years it would take to do it," McMahon says.

Call it the priciest piece of art — ever. A once-lost portrait of Christ by the iconic Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci sold Wednesday at auction for $450 million, roughly triple its ...

NEW YORK — The last Leonardo da Vinci painting in private hands is going to auction in New York next month — with a pre-sale estimate of around $100 million.Christie’s announced yesterday ...

Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old painting "Salvator Mundi" has broken the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, selling for an eye-watering $450,312,500, including buyer fees.

A painting once bought for $60 is about to go under the hammer, billed as "the greatest artistic rediscovery of the 21st century." Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" was unveiled at Christie's ...

It’s the first Leonardo da Vinci painting to be sold at a public auction and is expected to fetch over $100 million. The nearly 500-year-old portrait of Jesus Christ named “Salvator Mundi ...

The analysis of the various paintings also shows da Vinci was constantly trying out new methods, Walter said. In the "Mona Lisa," da Vinci used manganese oxide in his shadings.