The opening of the Drouot season is marked by “Oeuvres Choisies”, on view from September 21 – 23 in Room 9, a particularly sumptuous selection of aristocratic finery as well as some choice memorabilia from French celebrities past and present.
While the Château de Versailles hosts “Les Lalanne à Trianon,” an exhibition presented in partnership with the Galerie Mitterand, running through October 10, the Osenat auction house is unveiling three monumental works by the sculptors on Sunday, October 3, in Fontainebleau.
Rattan is everywhere, from the pages of fashion magazines to major retailers. How about trying the vintage version?
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer was the leading flower painter during the Louis XIV period. Profusion and diversity reign over his charming Baroque compositions.
France has done fairly well despite the global decline in public sales. In its assessment, the Conseil des Ventes (French Sales Council) focuses on the positive side—but also on the uncertainties.
Carved from rock crystal, this shell-shaped cup with a bird on the handle illustrates the art of glassmaking in the 16th century: a technique in which the Italians excelled.
The auction of André Becker’s carriage collection is a major event in a highly specialized market.
This final sale features a hundred paintings, objet d’art, photographs, books and furniture from the Parisian home of Prince Felix and his wife Irina.
“Objects do not belong to you,” says Bernard De Leye. “They are just passing through.” The time has come for the Belgian antique dealer and former BRAFA president to pass his collection on to the next custodian. Over 250 pieces, including several of museum quality, are up for sale.
A group of beautiful old photographs from an estate in Touraine, one of the traditional departments of France, will be auctioned off, starting with proofs by Gustave Le Gray.
Several works from a therapist’s collection in Angers, France, trace French artist François Morellet’s development.
Among the furniture in René Simeoni’s collection, three top names in French furniture stand out: André-Charles Boulle, Bernard II Van Riesenburgh and Pierre Roussel.
Ethiopian-born American painter Julie Mehretu has made a noteworthy return to the auction room.
Impressive for its decoration in the purest Art Nouveau vein, this vermeil teapot is the work of Alphonse Debain.
From Charles Camoin to Albert Marquet and Bernard Buffet, the paintings collected by a vineyard owner originally from Bordeaux reflect his taste for works glorifying his adopted region of Provence.
This album of 30 Indian paintings from the Pierre Maurs Collection highlights the elegance of the “Provincial Mughal” style.
Two artists and prophets of their time, one was collected by Louis-Charles Libaude (1896-1922), the other appeared with an unexpected bronze, an alliance formed and took flight.
Several pieces with rich Louis-Quatorze decoration featured in this Caen auction, led by two lots attributed to Nicolas Sageot.
The Swiss watch brand Rolex will once again draw all eyes with a highly sought-after 1980s Comex “Sea-Dweller” model: the famous “Triple 6”.
The just-ended week of sales in New York was an extraordinary one, with Picasso’s Woman Sitting by the Window fetching $103.4 M at Christie’s and Basquiat’s In this Case $93 M at Sotheby’s.
Twelve years after his death, the price index for works by the American New Figuration painter Robert Colescott (1925-2009) are soaring.
It took two days to sell the contents of a collector’s wine cellar, which also held the rarest spirits.
Mary Cassatt’s impressionist technique and her distinctive approach to portraiture are demonstrated in this work, Étude pour la tasse de thé (Study for a Cup of Tea), the subject of which is her sister Lydia.
The painting by the inventor of outrenoir might take center stage, but this luminous landscape by Camille Corot is sure to spark a great bidding war.
In his recent book The Brutish Museums, Dan Hicks calls for the radical rethinking of Western museums. He uses the case of the Benin Bronzes to call for the return of stolen objects as part of addressing the outstanding debt of colonialism.
Now that kitsch is back in style, these small, refined objects are increasingly in demand.
Prices for NFTs have skyrocketed in recent weeks, but huge misunderstandings remain about what people are actually buying. What is going on?
The auction of this view of Montmartre was beset by a series of human and technological errors.
Conor Harrington is fortunate to be able to express himself on walls around the world, but his work seldom goes under the hammer on this side of the Channel.
Long hidden away in a Breton collection, this major painting by the Czech artist will soon change hands. A link between two periods, the enigmatic landscape recalls the intense spirituality that guided his search for form.
A major figure in Japanism during the late 19th century, Gabriel Viardot designed to showcase and drawing-room furniture inhabited by dragons and bedecked with mother-of-pearl.
Over forty years after it was produced, a work typifying the Korean artist’s formal explorations is appearing on the market for the first time.
Icons, silverware and Imperial memorabilia… Russia enjoys a long tradition of excellence fostered by Imperial academies and manufactories.
The announcement of Toshiba’s memory chip unit’s sale could be out by the end of this month.
Debtor’s “restructuring counsel” names Robins Kaplan LLP’s four sites for high value property auction under the Chapter 11.
