Paintings by Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat and Lucian Freud will go under the hammer next month in a sale of artworks from the estate of late Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen that is expected to raise more than $1 billion for philanthropic causes.
Described as "the sale of this century" by auction house Christie's, the collection of more than 150 pieces spans 500 years of art history from Sandro Botticelli to David Hockney.
The star attractions are Cezanne's "La Montagne Sainte-Victoire" and Seurat's "Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite Version)", which carry price estimates of in excess of $120 million and $100 million respectively.
