![Agents speak on their phones with their clients while bidding at the auction of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' (shown below) during the Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale at Christie's on Nov. 15 in New York City. The rediscovered masterpiece by the Renaissance master sold for a historic $450,312,500, obliterating the previous world record for the most expensive work of art at auction. Agents speak on their phones with their clients while bidding at the auction of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' (shown below) during the Post-War and Contemporary Art evening sale at Christie's on Nov. 15 in New York City. The rediscovered masterpiece by the Renaissance master sold for a historic $450,312,500, obliterating the previous world record for the most expensive work of art at auction.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20200826190856_d535690f4afadf36544156fdc0207ae6d59726ce8bfa7df0c029df490527d4b9.jpeg)
Sale of Priceless ‘Salvator Mundi’ Puts Catholic Treasure in Anti-Christian Land
NEWS ANALYSIS: According to U.S. intelligence sources, the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece was purchased by a prince from Saudi Arabia, where Christian devotional art is forbidden.