Sotheby’s – The auction of the collection of the American couple the Cullens, which took place in London on Wednesday, 12 November 2014, yielded 784,200 pounds sterling (excluding VAT and other fees). Expressed in Czech korunas, collectors paid 27.6 million for the Czech-surrealist pieces of art on offer. Some 83 per cent of the 128 paintings, works on paper and books up for auction found a new owner.