Microsoft co-founder's art set for ‘sale of the century’
STORY: This Paul Cezanne painting is expected to fetch
over $120 million at auction next month
It's from the valuable art collection of
late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
“Well this will be a historic moment for the art world...here we have an exhibition of some of the highlights of what will be the sale of this century.”
The collection includes works by Georges Seurat and Lucian Freud
As well as Francis Bacon, Sandro Botticelli, and Edouard Manet
(Jussi Pylkkanen, Christie's Global President)
“This collection was put together by Paul Allen over a considerable period and he bought with an extremely careful eye. He was a man who really understood the artworks and their individual significance. It’s going to be sale which we assume will make well in excess of $1 billion. That having been said, it’s a sale which incorporates 150 works so there’s a great span of objects and different price points."
The collection will be sold in New York on November 9-10
Proceeds from the sale will go to philanthropic causes
