Perelman’s $28.9 Million Miro Work Beats Rembrandt at Sotheby’s
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Two paintings from the collection of Ronald Perelman, the billionaire who is selling assets from his investment empire, went for a total of 28.8 million pounds ($37.3 million) at Sotheby’s on Tuesday.
Perelman, 77, was the anonymous seller of works by Joan Miro and Henri Matisse at the virtual auction, according to people familiar with his collection. The paintings were estimated at 28 million pounds to 42 million pounds.