Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Princess Diana’s Family Offers Painting by Peter Paul Rubens in $30 million Sale at Christie’s

March 30, 2010 by  
Filed under Art Market, Featured

LONDON.- The family of Princess Diana will auction a painting by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens as part of a clearout sale valued at $30 million designed to ensure the financial future of the Althorp estate. Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother, is head of the estate, and plans to marry for a third time later this year, according to newspaper reports. Diana, who was married to heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997. The highlights [...]