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8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: Art handlers with ''Unique Structure Vegetale Bed'' by Claude Lalanne, estimate: GBP200,000-300,000; placed in front of the bed is a ''Unique Africanist Stool'' by Mattia Bonetti, estimate: GBP5,000 - 7,000 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.

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#12732289

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: Art handlers hold ''The Scream (After Munch)'' by Andy Warhol, estimate: GBP2,000,000 - 3,000,000 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.

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#12732291

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: Art handlers hold ''Madonna and Self-Portrait with Skeleton's Arm (After Munch)'' by Andy Warhol, estimate: GBP1,500,000 - 2,000,000 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.

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#12732246

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: A staff member looks at ''La Race blanche'' by Rene Magritte, estimate: GBP1,000,000 - 1,500,000 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.

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#12732252

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: A staff member looks at ''Untitled (Le Sens propre)'' by Rene Magritte, estimate: GBP700,000 - 1,000,000 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.

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#12732259

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: A staff member looks at ''Man Ray'' by Andy Warhol, estimate: GBP400,000 - 600,000 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.

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#12732265

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: A staff member holds ''Tete'' by Rene Magritte, estimate: GBP300,000 - 500,000 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.

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#12732268

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: A visitor takes a photo of ''Le Piano'' by Oscar Dominguez, estimate: GBP1,000,000 - 1,500,000 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.

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#12732242

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: An art handler holds ''Buste d'homme'' by Pablo Picasso, estimate: GBP1,500,000 - 2,500,000 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.

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#12732244

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: Staff members look at ''La Race Blanche'' by Rene Magritte, estimate: GBP250,000 - 350,000 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.

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#12732262

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: An art handler looks at ''Poodle'' by Jeff Koons, estimate: GBP1,000,000 - 1,500,000 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.

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#12732241

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: A staff member looks at ''Les Menottes de Cuivre'' by Rene Magritte, estimate: GBP300,000 - 500,000 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.

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#11668170

15 October 2024

Various producers of Cempasuchil Flower, Pan de Muerto, Calaveritas de Azucar, and Pulque de Flor Cempasuchil prepare to sell their products on the eve of the Day of the Dead in Xochimilco in Mexico City. The cempasuchil flower symbolizes the Day of the Dead in Mexico. Thanks to its color and aroma, it is one of the most representative elements of the offerings for the deceased. Its name comes from the Nahuatl Cempohualxochitl, which means ''Flower of twenty petals.'' During the pre-Hispanic era, the Mexicas associate the yellow color of this flower with the sun, therefore, they use it in altars, offerings, and burials dedicated to their dead that lead them to Mictlan, the underworld. As for the Pan de Muerto, according to historical documents and accounts, in ancient Mexico, before the indigenous resistance against the arrival of the Europeans to the country, a kind of bread similar to the tortilla is prepared, made of amaranth, dried and toasted corn, and maguey honey. It is called papalotlaxcalli, which means Butterfly Bread, and has a butterfly stamped on the dough. According to the Duran Codex or History of the Indies of New Spain and the Tierra Firme Islands, it is an offering food for the goddess Cihuapipiltin, who watches over women who die in childbirth; although later it appears in the accounts of the Codex as part of a food offering that is placed on the tzompantli, an altar of skulls in honor of people sacrificed in rituals for the gods. This Mexican sweet bread is placed on altars to honor, remember, and, according to belief, feed deceased relatives who visit homes on the Day of the Dead. Sugar skulls are made of alfenique, which is later changed to chocolate, using a jam originally from Spain, whose handling technique is most likely adopted from the Arab tradition. Alfenique is created from a mixture of cane sugar with egg whites, water, and lemon juice. Traditionally, a skull is decorated.

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#8576948

23 July 2022

Unique home with a distinct modern design in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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18 January 2022

Snowplow clears the snow from a driveway in front of a home as a massive snowstorm hit Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 17, 2022. The storm covered the city in snowfall amounts of between 30 to 45 centimetres (a months worth of snow falling in just one day), according to Environment Canada. In Toronto, the snow caused the closure of roads and schools across the city including two major highways. As much as 50-60 cm of snow fell in some regions Monday, prompting meteorologists to say that the storm was a once-in-a-decade kind of event, especially the scale of it.

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18 January 2022

Man uses a snow blower to clear the snow in front of his home as a massive snowstorm hit Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 17, 2022. The storm covered the city in snowfall amounts of between 30 to 45 centimetres (a months worth of snow falling in just one day), according to Environment Canada. In Toronto, the snow caused the closure of roads and schools across the city including two major highways. As much as 50-60 cm of snow fell in some regions Monday, prompting meteorologists to say that the storm was a once-in-a-decade kind of event, especially the scale of it.

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