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Mantel clock is pick of a d’Estaing presidential selection
06 February 2023Clock formed as memorial to Napoleonic general stars among contents of d’Estaing family home
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Louvre acquisitions announced for Abu Dhabi and Paris
06 February 2023Main and Middle East branch of the French museum revealed as the buyers of works offered in French auctions
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Third slice of Soulages ready to taste at Paris auction
06 February 2023Millon’s March 6 sale in Paris is its third to be given over entirely to the graphic (engraved) work of Pierre Soulages (1919-2022).
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Strong early sales at BRAFA as it returns to traditional time slot
02 February 2023Dealers hailed the latest edition of the BRAFA Art Fair as a success with early sales.
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Frieze master: dealer sells Sartorios to the D’Orsay
30 January 2023The Musée d’Orsay in Paris has acquired two large paintings by Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860-1932) from Rome dealership Antonacci Lapiccirella.
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Auction sales bonanza in France
23 January 2023At least five leading auction houses posted their best-ever annual figures in France for 2022, while others boasted exceptional sales during the year.
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Business boomed in a bumper 2022 for French auction houses
23 January 2023Annual auction house results show strong performances boosted by single-owner collections in particular
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Locket dedicated to prince who was Napoleon devotee
23 January 2023This 19th century French gold, enamel and gemset locket measures an impressive 5½in (13cm) across.
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Art dealers Bowman sell sculpture to French museum
16 January 2023The Camille Claudel Museum has unveiled its newly purchased Volubilis sculpture by Alfred Boucher.
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The Salvator Mundi effect: a market transformation
16 January 2023Ever since the record-breaking $400m sale of Salvator Mundi at Christie’s back in 2017, the market seems to have become fascinated with other treatments of the subject.
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Socialite’s bedroom opened up
19 December 2022Pieces that had decorated Paris home of a famous patron of the arts come to Fontainebleau auction
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Gallery puts Lartigue in limelight
19 December 2022Compact Paris exhibition includes 19 works with a ‘super provenance’ to the artist’s wife
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Single-owner collection offers sizeable showcase of Lérat couple’s ceramics
12 December 2022Jean (1913-92) and Jacqueline (1920- 2009) Lérat were artist ceramicists based in central France.
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Rare Colombe goes to the Louvre
12 December 2022Terracotta Virgin and Child joined a handful of other known works after 2010 attribution
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Moses sketch marks early Manet work
12 December 2022This youthful work by Edouard Manet (1832-83) was the top-seller in the Modern and Contemporary auction at Tajan (26/21/14% buyer’s premium) in Paris.
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Merged Paris fair brings back the crowds
12 December 2022Over 17,000 visitors including representatives from French and foreign museums, major collectors and decorators attended the first staging of the newly merged fair Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale.
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Auction benefits from constructive thinking
28 November 2022Paris auction Ader (28% buyer’s premium) was busy on the photographic front during Paris Photo.
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Timing was picture perfect for Paris photograph auction
28 November 2022Staging a photo collection sale just as a specialist fair opened proved a great choice.
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Flemish tapestry hunted down after wartime wrongs
21 November 2022A rare early 16th century Flemish tapestry that was part of an impressive imperial commission is coming up for sale in France in early December.
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Richier sculptures consigned direct from her family
21 November 2022An unpublished group of works by the French sculptor Germaine Richier (1902-59) that have remained with the artist’s family are to be auctioned.
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