Sotheby’s Lands the $450 Million Blaquier Collection, Led by a $180M Van Gogh

Sotheby’s has secured the $450 million Blaquier Collection for auction, featuring a dozen Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces. The consignment, amassed by late Argentine art collector Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier and sugar magnate Carlos Pedro Blaquier, is being sold by their children. A Van Gogh painting titled 'Châtaignier en fleurs roses et blanches' leads the sale at $180 million, alongside unseen works by Cézanne, Renoir, and Degas that were long coveted by major auction houses.