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Sotheby's Presents The London Collection Of Pauline Karpidas

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: An art handler poses with Unique Choupatte by Claude Lalanne, (estimate: GBP300,000 - 400,000) sitting atop Diego Giacometti's Berceau Low Table, 1963, (estimate: GBP180,000 - 250,000), with a Unique Baya Sofa by Mattia Banetti, (estimate: GBP15,000 - 20,000) and a pair of 19th century Russian giltwood and mahogony armchairs either side (estimate: GBP8,000 - 12,000) during a photocall at Sotheby's auction house for the 'Pauline Karpidas: The London Collection' exhibition and sales in London, United Kingdom on September 08, 2025. The extraordinary personal collection of legendary patron and aesthete Pauline Karpidas, showcasing the masterpieces of Surrealist art and furniture design that adorned her one-of-a-kind home in London will be offered at Sotheby's on 17 and 18 September, together estimated in excess of GBP60 million (the highest estimate ever placed on a single collection at Sotheby's in Europe), preceded by a public exhibition, opening on 8 September. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID	#12732297
Date Taken	8 September 2025
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Photographer	WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto
Category	Arts, Culture and Entertainment
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto

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