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The sculpture was auctioned at Sotheby's New York by Hugh Hildesley on 7 June 2007.  Estimated to reach between $5 and $7 million, Artemis and the Stag broke records when it was sold for $28.6 million.  It became the most valuable sculpture ever sold at auction, breaking the 2005 record of $27.4 million for Constantin Brâncuși's Bird in Space.  The sale price has since been surpassed by several modern works, but the only other sculpture from antiquity to fetch a higher price is the Guennol Lioness.  The winning bidder remained anonymous, employing art dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi to complete the auction.In January 2008 the sculpture was initially lent to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for six months, and it remains on display there as of October 2019.
Bird in Space Guennol Lioness Constantin Brâncuși Giuseppe Eskenazi Artemis Sotheby's Sotheby's New York Metropolitan Museum of Art