A private art collection is estimated to raise between £34 million to £51 million when it is auctioned next month. The Gourdon collection went on show in London this week ahead of the three-day sale at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. The collection, which includes around 500 pieces of furniture, jewellery and sculpture, is from the Chateau de Gourdon near Grasse in France.

“The exceptional Gourdon auction presents a landmark opportunity for institutions and serious connoisseurs.

It is totally unique, in that it unites all the different movements of the Art Deco period, which are at times contradictory: From the classicism of Ruhlmann and Dunand to the modernism of Eileen Gray, Pierre Chareau and Francis Jourdain,” Francois de Ricqles, president of Christie’s France, said.