A private art collection from Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen is being auctioned off at Christie’s auction house in New York for charity.
The collection respresents 500 years of art history and it is expect to raise more than $1bn.
The sale is being held on Wednesday and Thursday.

Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from New York.

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