The $1.6 BillioN art auction thaT broke reCorDs

Known as the most significant art auction of all time, the $16 Billion art auction of Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen,, included over 150 pieces of rarely seen impressionist art. Paul Allen, not only a technology visionary but an artistic one, is donating the proceeds to philanthropy. The collection spans 26 years of Allen’s collecting and 500 years of art history, including:

Diego Rivera’s 1931 painting The Rivals

Georges Seurat's "Les Poseuses“

Cezanne’s La Montagne Sainte-Victoire

Van Gogh’s Verger avec cyprès

John Singer Sargent's "The Façade Of La Salute, Venice

Georgia O’Keefe

A fan, Allen also bought a home owned by Georgia O’Keefe

“Allen was always looking towards the future, and he was attracted to artists who saw the world differently.”

“It's historic in terms of the figures, historic in terms of the philanthropy and historic in terms of the masterpiece quality.”