Buy Priceless Art, Support Versace's Heirs

If you have an extra several hundred thousand or few million dollars, like Versace and love fine art, check out Sotheby's this April and May.

The high-end auction house will be offering priceless art works from Gianni Versace's collection, divided by genre--19th century work, April 20, Impressionist and Modern, May 3-4 and contemporary, May 10-11. 

The pieces, from the murdered designer's sophisticated Upper East Side, NYC townhouse, are part of the estate inherited by his sister Donatella, brother Santo, and niece Allegra.  (Versace's siblings also inherited half ownership of his Versace design house, with Allegra, who turned 18 last year, owning the other half.)

The trio hopes to earn as much as $17 million from the sale.

In addition to Roy Lichtenstein's Blue Nude are lots by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall and Raoul Dufy.

For all things contemporary, visit Pure Contemporary.