Barnes & Noble Founder’s Widow to Auction $250 M. Art Collection at Christie’s Spring Sales

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Barnes & Noble Founder’s Widow to Auction $250 M. Art Collection at Christie’s Spring Sales

On Thursday, Christie’s announced that it will sell dozens of works by artists including Pablo Picasso, René Magritte, Giacometti, and Piet Mondrian from the collection of the late Barnes & Noble founder—and former ARTnews Top 200 collector—Leonard Riggio.Valued at $250 million, the 30 or so works will go under the hammer during the house’s upcoming spring sales in New York.The book mogul’s wife, Louise, is downsizing from their Park Avenue apar…