(Deadline) - Paul Allen’s extraordinary art collection is set to be sold off at what will be the largest auction of its kind in history.
The late Microsoft co-founder died in 2018, leaving a collection worth an estimated $1billion, comprising 150 works including masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, David Hockney and Botticelli.
Christie’s auction house will be managing the auction, scheduled for November, and all proceeds will go to charity in accordance with Allen’s wishes.
Allen created Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Bill Gates, but left the company in 1983 after being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. He stayed on the company’s board until 2000, and founded his own company with his sister Jody to manage his huge investment portfolio and to expedite his philanthropy. In 2010, he pledged to leave the bulk of his fortune to charity, a move that Gates has also made.
By Caroline Frost
September 2022
