Twelve paintings hidden in a private collection for roughly 50 years are heading to a New York auction valued near $450 million, including a $180 million Van Gogh and a $120 million Cézanne
- A collection of twelve impressionist and post-impressionist artworks valued at almost half a billion dollars is going up for auction on November 18, 2026, after sitting unseen for decades in a fabled private collection in South America.
- The paintings come from a collection amassed by the late Argentine art collector Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier and her sugar magnate husband, Carlos Pedro Blaquier, and are being sold by their children.
- They include van Gogh's landscape “Châtaigniers en fleurs” (Chestnut Trees in Flower) estimated at $180 million, and Cézanne’s portrait “Arlequin,” which carries an
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- A collection of twelve impressionist and post-impressionist artworks valued at almost half a billion dollars is going up for auction on November 18, 2026, after sitting unseen for decades in a fabled private collection in South America.
- The paintings come from a collection amassed by the late Argentine art collector Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier and her sugar magnate husband, Carlos Pedro Blaquier, and are being sold by their children.
- They include van Gogh's landscape “Châtaigniers en fleurs” (Chestnut Trees in Flower) estimated at $180 million, and Cézanne’s portrait “Arlequin,” which carries an
Sources: Times of India