Lost letters by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi mean scholars will have to re-write history. At Christie’s in New York, Picasso’s muse comes to auction and may fetch fifty million dollars…and there’s an opportunity to acquire the perfect sculpture by Constantin Brancusi.
An insight into some of the world’s greatest treasures. From Islamic Art to a fabulous collection of Venetian glass, images from the dawn of photography and exquisite pocket watches. We will also be introduced to England's foremost collector of Old Masters and a vacuum cleaner salesman who ended up with 2,500 works by Modern British artists.