Jeff Koons Appears to Be the ‘Distinguished Collector’ Offering $100 M. in Old and Modern Masters at Christie’s

A collection of nine artworks totaling in the area of $100 million will come to auction at Christie’s New York, reportedly from the holdings of famed American artist Jeff Koons. The auction house did not confirm the seller’s identity, but two unnamed industry sources tell the New York Times that Koons is the seller. (The house also declined to comment to ARTnews.) The newspaper reports that Koons plans to invest the proceeds into his own notoriously resource-intensive art practice an