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  1. Nov 4, 2022 · It has a presale estimate in excess of $100 million. Christie’s. Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection spans 26 years of Allen’s collecting and 500 years of art history, from Botticelli to ...

  2. Nov 10, 2022 · In 1998, a large Lucien Freud came up at Sotheby’s with an estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million, enormous sums to ask for a painter who, at the time, had barely broken a million at auction ...

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  3. Nov 10, 2022 · The sale of a hugely valuable collection of art amassed by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has set records for some of the highest art prices the world has seen. In just one auction on ...

  4. Nov 10, 2022 · Tangent. The most expensive lots were sold during a Wednesday evening sale, which focused on 60 of the most valuable pieces from Allen’s collection and fetched a collective $1.5 billion. Another ...

  5. Nov 10, 2022 · NEW YORK -. Works by artists including Cezanne, Seurat, and van Gogh sold for a record-breaking $1.5 billion during the first part of Christie's two-day auction of the late Microsoft co-founder ...

  6. Nov 11, 2022 · Art from the private collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen fetched over $1.6 billion this week to become the largest single-owner sale in auction history. Works by Georges Seurat ...

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  8. Nov 10, 2022 · Allen was not afraid to open his wallet when he saw something he wanted. One key purchase was Cézanne’s La montagne Sainte-Victoire (1888–90), which he bought for $38.5 million at Phillips ...

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