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A lacquer flaking immediately after installation, it is infuriating. Fortunately
the Martin have all the solutions for a lacquer that lasts! To discover
exclusively, visit until June 8 at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris
the exhibition Secrets of French lacquer: The vernis Martin.
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Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is probably the most famous French
sculptors of the second half of the nineteenth century and early
twentieth century. His eponymous museum deals with the highlighting
and protection of his work.
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In November 2012, the magazine Art Absolument dedicated Sera as one
of the 101 best contemporary artists in France over the last ten years.
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Sunday, February 9 SVV Guillaume Le Floc'h, assisted by our Cabinet
of
expertise for furniture and works of art, will auction old masters,
modern and contemporary paintings, furniture and works of art from the
XVII, XVIII and nineteenth centuries as well as ceramics.
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It is the reading of Out of Africa at 17 that comes radically overturn the
lives of Peter Beard. He falls deeply love with Africa.
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All the team of Authenticité joins me to wish you a great 2014. This
week, we take an interest to the bonheur du jour, feminine piece of
furniture in essence. It appears in 1760 in the topology of French
furniture and is characterized by its refined and elegant lines.
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The blacksmith turned designer ...
Jean Prouvé began his career as a steelworker but quickly reveals an
incredible talents of architect and furniture designer.
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Sold just over 200,000 Euros at Artcurial last October, another sold for
£55,000 at Christie's London last week, gold-inlaid are sought after by
amateurs and are the pride of the largest collections in particular
Rothschild one.
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On Saturday 07 December 2013 the auction room of Alençon (Orne) will
sell an Eyema Byeri from the Fang of the first half of the twentieth
century.
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Sunday 1st December at Saint-Cloud, master Guillaume Le Floc'h
auctioneer will sell jewelry, watches, fashion items especially Hermes
and many silverware lots.
Let's look at lot 129, a pair of table covers and a heater, sold by one of
our client following a free online valuation.
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Back on the secret and unusual artist which was recently celebrated in
a retrospective at the Gianadda foundation in Switzerland.
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The 2014 French budget, passed few days ago, made no concessions
to art and the art market.
Here is an overview of taxation that awaits you whether it is sales,
capital gains or inheritance.
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Martin Parr was born in England in 1952 in a London wealthy family.
Dive as a teenager by a passion for photography, he studied the subject
in Manchester in the 1970s before joining the prestigious Magnum
agency in 1994.
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Auctions of October were a great success in old masters and modern
paintings. Low estimates that have been sprayed or realistic estimates
in the light of market have been exceeded.
Back on two sales one in St. Cloud and the other in Orléans that are
perfect examples of this trend.
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The legend says that it was after a challenge from his son that Roy
Lichtenstein performs his first painting in 1961 after a drawing of
Mickey. A challenge that will take him far more than he could have
imagined...
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Full marks for our last two auctions, organized by Le Floc'h and
Philocale auctioneers, with the collaboration of Cabinet Authenticité for
the expertise and appraisal of furniture and objets d'art. Estimates
multiplied by two or three for quality lots, from estates and sold in their
"juice".
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After 40 years of absence, Georges Braque is finally celebrated in Paris
To mark the 50th anniversary of his death and for four months, the
Grand Palais ambitious retrospective of the artist who transformed
painting of the twentieth century with its innovative vision of landscape
and still life.
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Saturday 12th October, SVV Philocale, assisted by the Cabinet
d’expertise Authenticité for fine furniture and works of art, will auction
antique paintings, modern and contemporary furniture and objets d'art
from the 17th, 18th and 19th century and books and ancient weapons.
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Designer of some of the finest furniture of his time, Charles Cressent
(1685 - 1768) is the inventor of clocks of great originality. On October
6th, Le Floc'h auctioneer, in Saint-Cloud, will sale one of his rare cartels
in ormolu. Authenticité appraised this exceptional clock.
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Cartier, the name evokes, for each of us, luxury, jewelry, gold, precious
stones and watches. More than the story of a personality, Cartier is a
family in which four successive generations perpetuated and expanded
the art of jewelry and watches.
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