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Thursday, June 12, Art Valorem auctioneer sold paintings, jewelry,
furniture and objets d'art in collaboration with our cabinet d'expertise for
furniture and objets d'art. Some great prices were at the rendez-vous.
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Since its founding in 1839, Patek Philippe continues to perpetuate the
traditional Geneva watchmaking.
The total creative autonomy of the brand allows it, according to the
vision of its founders Antoine Norbert de Patek (1839) and Adrien
Philippe (1845), to design, develop and manufacture itself what all the
experts
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For long under valued and under estimated by the market and
museums,
Gaston Chaissac is now recognized as a major artist of the twentieth
century.
He was born in 1910 in Avallon of a shoemaker father. In 1934, he
moved to Paris as a shoemaker with his brother. This is where he met
the painters Otto Freundlich and
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The French Masters Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Serge Mouille,
Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier are definitely on the rise among
bidders worldwide.
5 French designers have achieved alone 8 of the best of this results at
auction.
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Sunday, May 18, the auction house Guillaume Le Floc'h, in collaboration
with Authenticité specialists for furniture and works of art, will auction
at St. Cloud old masters and modern paintings, animal bronzes and
furniture and works of art.
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11 and March 12, Sotheby's in partnership with SVV Artcurial auction
dispersed in three vacations, the collection of Felix Marcilhac, figure of
the art market, antiques dealer and recognized and undisputed expert in
Art Deco.
Collected over the past 40 years and consisting of works of the greatest
artists and creators
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From 1954 to 1958, Ingo Maurer studied the graphic arts in Munich. He
went to work a few years in New York and California before founding
his studio Design M in Munich in 1963 and devote himself to the design
of light units.
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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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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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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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