# A $50 Million Pop Art Estate Hits Christie's

> The collection Antonio Homem Sonnabend inherited and kept goes under the hammer this fall, with Warhol, Koons, and Johns on the block.
- Title: A $50 Million Pop Art Estate Hits Christie's · Robb Report
- Summary: The collection Antonio Homem Sonnabend inherited and kept goes under the hammer this fall, with Warhol, Koons, and Johns on the block. One family's dealing…
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- Source: Robb Report — https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/antonio-homem-sonnabend-collection-christies-1238645170
- Author: Hikmat Mohammed for ARTnews
- Published: 2026-09-15T23:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: art auction, christie's, pop art, andy warhol, collecting
## Fifty million on the block
The Antonio Homem Sonnabend Collection is estimated to bring more than $50 million when it sells at Christie's this fall.

> estimated to achieve more than $50 million at auction
## The names on the wall
Works by Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol make up the sale. That is a short list of postwar American heavyweights.
## Warhol and Lichtenstein anchor it
Among the highlights are Lichtenstein's Large Spool from 1963 and Warhol's Campbell's Soup Can (Turkey Noodle) from 1962.
## Who Antonio Homem was
Homem died in March. He was the adopted son of Ileana and Michael Sonnabend, and the collection carries his name.
## A dealer family's holdings
Ileana and Michael Sonnabend were art dealers, so this is not a collector buying at market. It is what a dealing family chose to keep off the market.
## Christie's this fall
The sale lands in Christie's fall calendar, putting a private family holding in front of public bidding for the first time.
## Key takeaway

One family's dealing history, from Ileana and Michael Sonnabend down to their adopted son Antonio, is about to be priced in public at more than $50 million.