Hundreds of art lovers lined up outside a Hong Kong gallery to see a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece that had been hidden from public view for more than six decades. The 1890 painting, titled Châtaigniers en fleurs (Chestnut Trees in Blossom), reappeared ahead of a planned auction on 18 November at Sotheby’s in New York. The auction house expects the painting to sell for about $180 million (£138 million). If it reaches that price, it would set a new auction record for a work by the Dutch artist. The painting went on public display in Hong Kong as part of a worldwide preview. Large crowds came to see one of the few major late works by Van Gogh still held in private hands.
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