Van Gogh estimated at $180 million as two works chase the $100 million mark in New York

Two works carrying estimates above $100 million are heading to New York's November sales, according to a report published by the art market data firm Artprice on 3 November.

Sotheby's holds its evening sale of the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection on 18 November. Vincent van Gogh's Chestnut Trees in Blossom (1890) is estimated at about $180 million and Paul Cézanne's Harlequin (1888–1890) at about $120 million. Van Gogh's auction record stands at $117 million, so a sale at the estimate would set a new one.

A day earlier, on 17 November, Christie's offers paintings by Kandinsky and Klimt, each estimated at $60 million to $80 million.