The Yves Saint Laurent–Pierre Bergé Sale

 Auction of the Century: The Yves Saint Laurent - Pierre Bergé Sale

The three-day event at the Grand Palais in Paris has broken multiple records
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Francisco Goya, "Portrait of Don Luis Maria de Cistué"
In the three days before the auction, the Grand Palais was opened up to the public for a free exhibition of the some 700 works in the collection, including this work by the Spanish painter, which Bergé donated to the French state.

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