WE’RE IN THE MONET!
This week, the Rockefeller art collection went under the hammer in a £475m record-breaking day of frenzied bidding
hERE are just some of the masterpieces from the fabled Rockefeller art collection, which is smashing sales records.
Tuesday saw the most money made from a private collection sale in one day at £475 million — some £120 million more than the previous record.
Many of the world’s leading art collectors flew to Christie’s in New York for the three-day auction.
The collection was built up over a lifetime by banker billionaire David Rockefeller and his wife Peggy. The paintings were displayed in their homes and their children grew up surrounded by the masterpieces.
Before Mr Rockefeller died last year aged 101, he said: ‘Eventually, all these objects will go out into the world and will again be available to other caretakers who, hopefully, will derive the same satisfaction and joy from them as we have.’ Tuesday’s top lot was Picasso’s Fillette a la Corbeille Fleurie (1905), which had an estimate of £73.5 million, but fetched £84.6 million.
Proceeds of the sale are going to charities supported by the couple.