Van Gogh's Long-Hidden Chestnut Trees Could Smash His Auction Record at Sotheby's
On 2 October 2026, The Art Newspaper told the full story behind the Van Gogh that could become the most expensive the artist has ever sold at auction. Châtaigniers en fleurs ( Blossoming Chestnut Trees ), painted in Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 and not exhibited in public since 1964, leads the 12-work Blaquier-Arrieta Collection that Sotheby’s unveiled on 30 September and will sell in New York on 18 November, with an estimate in the region of $180 million. Quick facts What: Legendary: The Blaquier-Arrieta Collection , a single-owner evening auction of 12 Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings estimated at about $450 million Where: Sotheby’s, Breuer Building, 945 Madison Avenue, New York When: Announced 30 September 2026; auction 18 November 2026, 6pm EST Who: Heirs of Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier and Carlos Pedro Blaquier; works by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet Section: Auctions ...