Art from Microsoft's Paul Allen sells for record price: NYC auction
All of the artwork belonging to Paul Allen put up for auction this week in New York sold, and five paintings sold for prices above $100 million.
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All of the artwork belonging to Paul Allen put up for auction this week in New York sold, and five paintings sold for prices above $100 million.
Masterpiece collection of Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, sells for $1.5bn - with several pieces gaining in value over time
Sixty artworks formerly owned by Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, were sold at auction for more than $1.5 billion at Christie’s on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Works by artists including Cézanne, Seurat, and van Gogh sold for a record-breaking $1.5 billion during the first part of Christie's
The auction house said that all the proceeds would be donated to charity, as Paul Allen had requested.