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PRESS RELEASE – 2019 FIRST HALF RESULTS – 28 JUNE 2019 – FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION PRESS CONTACT: Sébastien FERNANDES • [email protected] • +33 1 47 45 93 05 RESULTS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2019 €29 MILLION FRANCE'S NO. 4 AUCTION HOUSE LEADING INDEPENDENT AUCTION HOUSE IN FRANCE RESULTS IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST HALF OF 2018 2 lots of over a million – 21 bids above €300,000 - 41 bids above €100,000 Over 70% of buyers from abroad – 28 pre-emptions Amounts mentioned include buyers' premiums, as well as private sales and after-sales transactions. At the mid-point of the year, the Aguttes auction house has consolidated results as high as in the first half of 2018, the year when its results topped the €50 million mark: a threshold never hitherto exceeded by an independent company. The auction house is thus in rosy financial health and is continuing its international development, diversifying its offering in a global context of market stagnation. In the first half of 2019, it proved its ability to constantly reinvent itself with cycles of exhibitions and talks, the opening of new specialist departments, the set-up of a new office in Brussels and the creation of an events offer at its listed site in Lyon: the former Les Brotteaux railway station. FIRST HALF-KEY FIGURES AND RESULTS: A total of €7 million for Impressionist & Modern Paintings/Contemporary Art. A total of €5.8 million for Vintage Automobiles & Automobilia. A total of €4.1 million for Asian Painters and Arts, with new world and European records. The creation of two new specialist departments: Russian Art and Old Master Paintings and Drawings. The first record bid for this department: a painting by Peter II Brueghel the Younger, knocked down for €1.152 million. Opening of a sales office in the heart of the Belgian art market in the Le Sablon District, Brussels. Start of a new activity: private sales, with the sum of €2.5 million. New session of sales for the Aristophil Collections coordinated by Aguttes: over €11 millions' worth of items knocked down at Drouot with the three partner auction houses (OVA: Aristophil sales operators). + 50% growth in Aguttes ONLINE sales. New office at Le Sablon, Brussels Exhibition at the Les Brotteaux railway station, Lyon
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PRESS RELEASE – 2019 FIRST HALF RESULTS – 28 JUNE 2019 – FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION
PRESS CONTACT: Sébastien FERNANDES • [email protected] • +33 1 47 45 93 05
RESULTS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2019
€29 MILLION
FRANCE'S NO. 4 AUCTION HOUSE LEADING INDEPENDENT AUCTION HOUSE IN FRANCE
RESULTS IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST HALF OF 2018
2 lots of over a million – 21 bids above €300,000 - 41 bids above €100,000 Over 70% of buyers from abroad – 28 pre-emptions
Amounts mentioned include buyers' premiums, as well as private sales and after-sales transactions.
At the mid-point of the year, the Aguttes auction house has consolidated results as high as in the first half of 2018, the year when its results topped the €50 million mark: a threshold never hitherto exceeded by an independent company. The auction house is thus in rosy financial health and is continuing its international development, diversifying its offering in a global context of market stagnation. In the first half of 2019, it proved its ability to constantly reinvent itself with cycles of exhibitions and talks, the opening of new specialist departments, the set-up of a new office in Brussels and the creation of an events offer at its listed site in Lyon: the former Les Brotteaux railway station.
FIRST HALF-KEY FIGURES AND RESULTS:
* A total of €7 million for Impressionist & Modern Paintings/Contemporary Art. * A total of €5.8 million for Vintage Automobiles & Automobilia. * A total of €4.1 million for Asian Painters and Arts, with new world and European records. * The creation of two new specialist departments: Russian Art and Old Master Paintings and Drawings. * The first record bid for this department: a painting by Peter II Brueghel the Younger, knocked down for €1.152 million. * Opening of a sales office in the heart of the Belgian art market in the Le Sablon District, Brussels. * Start of a new activity: private sales, with the sum of €2.5 million. * New session of sales for the Aristophil Collections coordinated by Aguttes: over €11 millions' worth of items knocked down at Drouot
with the three partner auction houses (OVA: Aristophil sales operators). * + 50% growth in Aguttes ONLINE sales.
New office at Le Sablon, Brussels Exhibition at the Les Brotteaux railway station, Lyon
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TOP 25
RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE IN € incl. tax DATE
1 1966 - PORSCHE 906 1 580,000 11/04/2019 2 PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER (BRUSSELS 1564 – ANTWERP 1636) 1 152,000 13/06/2019 3 1971 - March F1 711-02 654,100 12/02/2019 4 LUONG XUAN NHI (1913-2006) 526,760 12/04/2019 5 HENRI MARTIN (1860-1943) 520,000 01/04/2019 6 PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) 494,000 01/04/2019 7 PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) 455,000 01/04/2019 8 VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890) 390,000 01/04/2019 9 1952 - Delahaye Cabriolet 235 220,000 12/02/2019
10 MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985) 279,500 01/04/2019 11 FRANCIS PICABIA (1879-1953) 273,000 01/04/2019 12 LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991) 269,800 12/04/2019 13 SERGE FERAT (1881-1958) 247,000 01/04/2019 14 LUONG XUAN NHI (1913-2006) 246,040 11/06/2019 15 BERNARD BUFFET (1928-1999) 243,488 27/03/2019 16 MAY TRUNG THU (1906-1980) 235,832 11/06/2019 17 1935 - Fiat 508 CS Balilla Aerodinamica "MILLE MIGLIA" 200,900 17/03/2019 18 ZHU YUANZHI (1906-1963), aka YUN GEE 220,520 11/06/2019 19 CHAIM SOUTINE (1893-1943) 207,760 17/05/2019 20 China, Republic period, in the style of Wang Bu (1898-1968) 193,650 12/06/2019 21 Alix AYME (1894-1989) 182,000 12/04/2019 22 AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920) 182,000 01/04/2019 23 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) 175,000 01/04/2019 24 FIAT Dino Spider 2.4 159 600 17/03/2019 25 AMEDEO MODIGLIANI (1884-1920) 156,000 01/04/2019
RESULTS PER SPECIALITY ON NEXT PAGE
1966 - PORSCHE 906 Carrera 6, sold for €1.58 million, April 2019
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• Asian Art
CHINA, REPUBLIC PERIOD IN THE STYLE OF WANG BU (1898-1968)
White porcelain panels Knocked down for €193,650 on 12
June 2019
VIETNAM, DONG SON CULTURE,
SECOND HALF OF FIRST MILLENNIUM BC
Large bronze rain drum Knocked down for €110,500 on 12
June 2019
CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566) Double gourd vase in blue and white
porcelain Knocked down for €52,500 on 12
June 2019
• Contemporary Art
ALEXANDER CALDER (1898-1976)
Untitled, 1966 Knocked down for €52,000 on 27
March 2019
TOM WESSELMANN (1931-2004)
Embossed Nude #3 (Legs Spread), 1968 Knocked down for €57,200 on 27 March
2019
MARIA ELENA VIEIRA DA SILVA
Mercure, 1982 Knocked down for €31,200 on 24 June
2019
BERNARD BUFFET
Toreador, 1958 Knocked down for
€243,488 on 27 March 2019
• Impressionist & Modern Art
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR
Femme en rose dans un paysage à Cagnes Knocked down for €494,000 on 1 April
2019*
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR
Le village de Cagnes vu de la terrasse des collettes Knocked down for €455,000 on 1 April 2019*
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Champ de blé fermé par un mur - coin de la clôture derrière l'hospice Saint-Paul, 1890
Knocked down for €390,000 on 1 April 2019*
BERTHE MORISOT
Femme en gris debout Knocked down for €91,000 on 1 April 2019*
HENRI MARTIN
Le bassin Knocked down for €520,000 on 1 April 2019*
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Au-dessus de Saint-Paul, circa 1980 Knocked down for €455,000 on 1 April 2019*
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• Vintage Automobiles & Automobilia
1966 - Porsche 906 Carrera 6
Sold for €1.58 M (private sale)
1935 Fiat 508 CS
Balilla Aerodinamica "MILLE MIGLIA" Knocked down for €200,000 on 17 March
2019 in Paris
1962 - Jaguar E Type 3.8 Competition
COUPÉ Knocked down for €139,540 on 23 June
2019 in Paris
971 - March 711
Sold for €620,000 (private sale)
• Russian Art
CHAIM SOUTINE (1893-1943) Les perdrix au volet vert (Partridges in the green shutter) Knocked down for €207,760 on 17 May 2019
• Jewellery, Fashion & Timepieces
Cartier Knocked down for €75,400 on 2 April 2019
Georges Fouquet Knocked down for €83,200 on 26 June 2019
Necklace with 43 fine pearls and
1 cultured pearl Knocked down for €98,800 on 2 April
2019
OMEGA. C. 1930 Knocked down for €19,500 on 15 March 2019
LES BRODERIES LESAGE "PLUS DE 60 ANS D’ÉCHANTILLONS" €301,000 on 10 May 2019
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• Books & manuscripts
PAUL ÉLUARD
Knocked down for €97,500 on 3 April 2019*
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Magnificent letter to the critic who first recognised his genius
Knocked down for €107,900 on 1 April 2019*
GEORGES SEURAT
Seurat's aesthetic manifesto and an assessment of his work
Knocked down for €42,900 on 1 April 2019*
ANDRÉ BRETON (1896 - 1966)
Knocked down for €88,400 (lot 486) on 3 April 2019*
HENRI IV
Knocked down for €24,700 on 4 April 2019*
EASTERN INDIA –
29 SEPTEMBER 1870 Knocked down for €42,900 on 1 April
2019*
Claude DEBUSSY
Knocked down for €50,500 on 22 February 2019
PALLADIO (Andrea). I quattro libri
dell’architettura Venice, Domenico de’ Franceschi, 1570
Knocked down for €36,600 on 28 June 2019
• Old Master Drawings & Paintings
PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER
Les noces villageoises (Wedding dance in the open air) Knocked down for €1,152,000 on 13 June 2019
FRANÇOIS BOUCHER
La Voluptueuse Knocked down for €104,000 on
13 June 2019
GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO
Centaure et faunes enlevant une nymphe (Centaur and fauns abducting a nymph)
Knocked down for €28,600 on 28 March 2019
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• 20th Century Design & Decorative Arts
GEORGES JOUVE
Knocked down for €32,500 on 12 February 2019
CHARLOTTE PERRIAND
Knocked down for €27,300 on 12 February 2019
Daum
Knocked down for €16,250 on 16 April 2019
YONEL LEBOVICI
Knocked down for €19,500 on 20 May 2019
JACQUES LE CHEVALLIER & RENE KOECHLIN Knocked down for €23,400 on 20 May 2019
• Furniture & objets d’art
EUGÈNE PRINTZ
Commode in ebony checkerboard veneering Knocked down for €58,500 on 12 March 2019
EXCEPTIONAL SNUFFBOX By Métayer, 17th century,
Rectangular, in gold with relief chasing
Knocked down for €67,600 on 23 May 2019
ROSSET STUDIO
ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH ROSSET, aka DUPONT (SAINT-CLAUDE, 1706 - 1786)
Portrait of Henri IV Half-length alabaster bust
Sold for €22,000
SET OF FOUR ARMCHAIRS
WITH FLAT OCTAGONAL BACKS Knocked down for €37,700 on 23 May 2019
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• Asian painters
ZHU YUANZHI, AKA YUN GEE Knocked down for €220,520
European record for the artist on 11 June 2019
LUONG XUAN NHI
Knocked down for €526,760 World record on 12 April 2019
MAY TRUNG THU
Knocked down for €235,832 on 11 June 2019
NGUYEN NAM SON
Knocked down for €130,000 on 12 April 2019
LIN FENGMIAN
Knocked down for €269,800 on 12 April 2019
LUONG XUAN NHI
Knocked down for €246,040 on 11 June 2019
ALIX AYMÉ
Femmes alanguies Knocked down for €182,000
World record on 12 April 2019
* : The Aristophil collections (OVA)
• Photography
FRANTISEK DRTIKOL
Le cri (The Cry), c. 1927 Knocked down for €18,200
on 24 June 2019
• Wines & spirits
12 bottles of Château Mouton-Rotschild – 1982
Knocked down for €11,532 on 26 March 2019
12 B GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN
CLOS SAINT-JACQUES (Premier Cru) Knocked down for €9,920
on 20 June 2019
1 B ROMANÉE CONTI
(Grand Cru) Knocked down for
€7,936 on 20 June 2019
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PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER (1564 –1636), knocked down for €1.152 million on 13
June 2019
ABOUT the AGUTTES auction house Aguttes is the no. 4 auction house in France, and the leading independent company (with no external shareholders). Founded in 1974 by Claude Aguttes and now managed with two of his daughters (Philippine Dupré la Tour and Charlotte Reynier-Aguttes), the house is staffed by a team of 50. In 2018, it exceeded the symbolic threshold of €50 M incl. tax in hammer prices, an annual total never before achieved by an independent auction house in France. With an international sale room in west Paris and sales offices in Lyon and Brussels, Aguttes stages over 80 auctions each year. Its 15 specialist departments enable it to sell major collections, and they regularly post records at auction, as over 75% of their buyers are international. Aguttes is also a key player at Drouot, where it achieved the highest bid of the year in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Acclaimed for its excellent service and responsiveness, Aguttes is positioned as a serious alternative to the market leaders in its flagship departments, including Asian Painters, Impressionist and Modern Art, Jewellery & Fine Pearls, Design, Asian Arts, Vintage Automobiles, Wines & Spirits, Furniture & Objets d’art, Rare Books & Manuscripts, Contemporary Art and Old Master Paintings & Drawings. Because of its professionalism, the auction house was chosen by the commercial court to orchestrate the sale of the vast and remarkable collection of antique manuscripts assembled by Aristophil.
