Private collectionPhoto: ShutterstockAction House Christie's said that he exposes for the summer auction the picture of Rubens "The Warlord is equipped for battle" from the private collection of the Spencer family - the English aristocrats, the relatives of Princess Diana. For a long time it was in a private collection of the family, and was kept in the estate of Althorp (it is located immediately in three counties: Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Norfolk). According to preliminary estimates, the cost of the painting is about £ 8-12 million. Spensers sell their family values because of a lack of money: the estate has been restored for a long time and now it is necessary to find large funds for repairing the leaking roof. The collection in the estate of Althorp is considered one of the best and rich in the whole world. Now the estate is open to the public, however, the unpresentable appearance increasingly pushes tourists away from this sights. It is decided to make the auctions open, as a closed auction, as a rule, brings less revenue, although, according to tradition, such large-scale works of art are sold strictly in closed mode.
