Published on

15/06/2026 - 12:10 GMT+2

One of Europe's most valuable private art collections is about to go under the hammer - and it's expected to break records.

Sotheby's has opened the doors on the pre-sale exhibition for the Lewis Collection - 48 works expected to fetch a combined total of more than £200 million (€237 million), the highest pre-sale estimate ever placed on a single-owner collection in Europe.

The works belong to the family of Joe Lewis, the 89-year-old former owner of Tottenham Hotspur football club, who is now estimated to be worth £5.8 billion (€6.7 billion).