Auction sales drop an average of 20% in Paris
IN a year dominated by Christie’s blockbuster 342m euros (£308m) sale of the Bergé/St-Laurent Collection, most Paris auctioneers reported a fall in sales averaging around 20 per cent. There were, however, signs of confidence returning to the market.
Drouot, where sales were stable, resisted relatively well, no doubt because, as an insignificant cen…