Masterpieces haunted by brutal past could send records tumbling at Sotheby’s
A Guardian article previews Sotheby's "Legendary" auction of twelve rarely seen masterpieces from the Blaquier-Arrieta collection, including van Gogh's Châtaigniers en fleurs, estimated around $180m, which it predicts could set record prices. It also recounts the dark history behind the sugar-funded collection: Carlos Pedro Blaquier's suspected role in Argentina's 1976 Night of the Blackout, and Sotheby's response that he was never convicted.
