140 works which were found in a bank vault in Paris in 1979 will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s, according to the Associated Press.
The collection had been neglected for decades because an acquaintance of the art dealer who owned the work had deposited the art in the bank in 1939, but killed by the Nazis in 1942.
Highlights of the lot include a 1905 painting by French artist Andre Derain valued at up to $18 million, a portrait of the writer Emile Zola by Cezanne, three rare monotypes by Degas, and a print by Renoir.