Paul Allen

A research vessel once owned by the Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen and now by the U.S. Navy became dislodged while docked. The cause of the accident was under investigation.

“People should be able to see these pictures, and enjoy them, and appreciate them,” the Microsoft co-founder said. Will Allen’s cache of science fiction objects have a different future from the masterpieces auctioned last week?

A museum’s worth of masterworks from the Microsoft co-founder’s collection are offered in a two-part charity sale. Five topped $100 million.

It’s been a closely guarded secret which masterworks in the Microsoft co-founder’s collection will be auctioned at Christie’s in November. Here, highlights of a billionaire’s bounty.

The sale, which is expected to be the biggest in auction history for a private collection, will offer works from the Microsoft co-founder’s impressive cache that ranges from old masters to contemporary giants.

Closings were recorded in July for two of the biggest sales so far this year, the two co-ops on the Upper East Side and a penthouse in Midtown for $75.9 million.

Bob McNair died on Friday, making the Texans the fifth team to say goodbye to its owner in 2018.

He was that kind of owner. He kept abreast of his teams and was even in the war room of the Trail Blazers’ draft day.

Mr. Allen and Bill Gates started the company in 1975, helping to usher in the personal computing revolution. He died after a recurrence of cancer.

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