"art handler"

#12787733

23 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 23, 2025: An art handler holds a painting by Lucian Freud titled "Woman with a Tulip" (1944) - estimate: £3,000,000-5,000,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale in London, United Kingdom on September 23, 2025.

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#12787737

23 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 23, 2025: An art handler holds a painting by Lucian Freud, titled "Self-portrait Fragment (circa 1956) – estimate : £8,000,000-12,000,000 during a photocall at Christie's auction house ahead of 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale in London, United Kingdom on September 23, 2025.

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#12732310

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: An art handler holds ''Deux amies'' by Francis Picabia, estimate: GBP2,200,000 - 2,800,000 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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#12732297

8 September 2025

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.

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#12732300

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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#12732295

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: Art handlers hold ''Them and Us'' by Grayson Perry, estimate: GBP150,000 - 200,000 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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#12732298

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: Art handlers with Jacques Grange Sofa and sculptures by Jean Arp (estimate: GBP120,000-180,000) (L) and Henri Laurens (estimate: GBP80,000- 120,000) behind 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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#12732304

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: Art handlers look at ''Fascia IV'' by Rebecca Warren, estimate: 250,000 - 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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#12732294

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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#12732271

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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#12732275

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: An art handler holds ''La Statue volante'' by Rene Magritte, estimate: GBP9,000,000 - 12,000,000 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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#12732279

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: An art handler holds ''La Statue volante'' by Rene Magritte, estimate: GBP9,000,000 - 12,000,000 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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#12732282

8 September 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 08, 2025: An art handler holds ''Titre inconnu'' by Yves Tanguy, 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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#12732286

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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