, which netted a total of $149,240,000. The full scale version of the painting is on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Other big ticket items included Van Gogh's Verger avec cyprês, which sold for $117,180,000, and Gauguin's l Maternité II, which sold for $105,730,000. 'Never before have more than two paintings exceeded $100 million in a single sale, but tonight, we saw five,' said Max Carter, another vice chair of 20th and 21st century art at Christie's. The auction's second evening saw more sales, most notably the $8,000,000 sale of the massive sculpture Typewriter Eraser Scale X, created over the course of 1998 and 1999 by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen. The massive sum is set to be donated to philanthropies. In his lifetime, Allen donated some $2billion to various charities benenfitting causes including ocean health groups, elephant conservation efforts, and efforts to combat the Ebola virus in Africa. He also founded several institutes dedicated to furthering scientific ventures, including the Allen Institu){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
The art collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sold for over $1.6billion at auction, making it the most valuable in history.
Allen’s massive collection of 155 pieces was auctioned at Christie’s Auction House over the course of two nights in New York City.
‘The room tonight was extremely special, and we were joined by colleagues from around the world, demonstrating the global demand of this once-in-a-lifetime collection,’ said Johanna Flaum, Christie’s vice chair for 20th and 21st century art.
The collection included works by Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Gustav Klimt.