Watch: Jane Birkin's Original Hermès Bag Sells for a $10.1 Million at AuctionGustav Klimt's legacy just got a little greener. After all, the symbolist artist's painting Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (or Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer in English) was sold for $236.4 million, with fees, at Sotheby's auction in New York Nov. 18. It was a shining moment at the venue as bidding for the dazzling oil painting of Elisabeth Lederer-whose parents and Klimt's most important patrons August Lederer and Serena Lederer commissioned the work-soared from $150 million after around 20 minutes between six bidders.