Works by van Gogh, Gaugin, Cézanne, Seurat and Klimt each sold for over $100 million.
The estate "will dedicate all proceeds from the landmark series of sales to philanthropy," Christie's noted on itsOver 20,000 people viewed Allen's collection ahead of the auction, "with lines as long as two hours stretching down Rockefeller Plaza in midtown," per theFrancis Bacon's "Three Studies for Self-Portrait" at the London preview.
Cézanne's "La montagne Sainte-Victoire," which sold for $138 million on Wednesday. Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Salvador Dalí's 'Le spectre de Vermeer de Delft." Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images David Hockney's "Queen Anne's Lace Near Kilham." Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesAxios on facebook
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