Sotheby’s Paris to Sell 1,400 Al Thani Works from Avenue Floquet Residence

Key facts

• More than 1,400 works from the Al Thani collection will be offered in five auctions at Sotheby’s Paris from November 2 to 9, 2026.
• Live sales are scheduled for November 4–6.
• The collection reflects the creative partnership between Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani and decorator Alberto Pinto.
• Sheikh Hamad and Pinto also collaborated on the restoration of the Hôtel Lambert, which previously brought Sotheby’s around €76.5 million.
• Mario Tavella, President of Sotheby’s France and Chairman for Sotheby’s Europe, praised the collection’s breadth and coherence.
• The Avenue Floquet residence was built in the early 20th century and previously owned by Prince Demetre Soutzo, Princess Hélene Soutzo, Paul Morand, and São Schlumberger.
• Sale highlights include works by Bernard Boutet de Monvel, nearly 40 portraits including Elizabeth I and Sir Joshua Reynolds, Genoese giltwood settees from Palazzo Carrega-Cataldi, and furniture by Diego Giacometti and Eugène Printz.
• Pre-sale exhibitions will be held at Sotheby’s showrooms at 83 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and its former headquarters at number 76, with installations by Jacques Garcia and Chahan Minassian.