Collections & Properties

From their experiences close to English auctioneers, Bertrand de Cotton and Benoit Derouineau bring with them the idea of the “house sale” (which is the selling of a property, in situ). However, if it appears as impossible, we recreate the atmosphere and the spirit of the house in the rooms of Drouot. For consequence, it leads to an incredible work of creation, translating the Art of living “à la Française”. 
We reconstitute lots of interiors of flats we were. Some amateurs, from the whole world, bought the interior we propose. 

We were particularly impressed by a number of sales of collections and properties :

2024 : Unique collection in aid of the Institut Pasteur, A shipwreck by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 -1904) € 546 000

2023 : Private collection, Le paiement de la dîme by Pierre BRUEGHEL II (1564 - 1636) €80,000

2022 :
- Stéphane Bern, a Parisian interior, pair of tables known as Marguerite dix fleurs in black patina bronze by Hubert Le Gall €55,900
- Entier mobilier du château de Franquetot, magnificent famille rose imperial porcelain vase China, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing mark and period €2,015,000

2021 :
- Portrait of Chevalier Jean-Jacques d'Erlach, Colonel of the Swiss Guards Regiment attributed to Charles Antoine COYPEL €33,800
- Becker Collection, Gala coupé of the Count of Farrobo €286,000

2020 : Private collection, a philosopher: the happy geometer by Jusepe de RIBERA (Jativa 1588 - Naples 1656) €1,820,000

2019 : Library and furniture from the Château des Boulayes, a fine 15th century book of hours €33,800 and an important mahogany and mahogany veneer cylinder desk by David Roentgen €130,000

2018 : Collection of Mr Henri Gaston de Bousquet de Florian (1866-1944), Perce-Neige lamp by Emile Gallé (1846-1904) pre-empted by the Musée d'Orsay €40,000

2017 :
- Collection Guy Habasque, Monochrome bleu by Yves Klein (1928-1962) €465,000
- Collection Achille Fontaine, industrialist from the north of France (1836-1912) €812,000

2016 :
- A Parisian flat, collection of Baron and Baroness de X, €1.2 million
- Saint Cecilia in alabaster by Gil de Siloé (1440-1501) €2.3 million

2015 :
- Collection Paul Guillaume , Portrait of breasts, André Derain(1880-1954) €80,000
- Last memories of Valençay, former collection of the Duchess of Dino €550,000

2014 : Private collection, Still life by Pierre Dupuis (1610-1682) €937,500

2013 :
- Rohault de Fleury collection, Louis XVI period chandelier €825,000
- Rio rosewood cabinet with wide cornice and overhanging shelf by Edouard Lièvre (1829-1886) €1.2 million

2012 : Catherine Dior Collection, Last memories of Christian Dior, Flemish school circa 1600, entourage of Pieter BALTEN €200,000

2011 :
- Former collection of the Marquis de C., Chinese Yuhuchuping porcelain vase €1.5 million
- Château de B. en Vendée, oil on copper by Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) € 787,500

2010 :
- Talleyrand-Périgord Collection, pair of paintings by Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807) €325,000,
- Statuette of Minerva by Guillaume Coustou (1677 -1746) pre-empted by the Musée du Louvre €262,000

2009: Former collections of the Baroness de Montboissier née Lamoignon-Malesherbes, Mazarin office €48,000

2007: Château d'Escorpain library, Empire salon from the collections of Prince Demidoff €184,000

2006 :
- Maurice Fenaille Collection, industrialist and great patron of the arts, plaster lamp by Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941) €123,000,
- Hébé, marble sculpture by François-Marie Poncet (1736-1797) € 290,000

2005: Richard Timewell Collection, Villa Léon l'Africain in Tangier, portrait of Pierre-Joseph Titon de Cogny by Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746) € 113,000

2002 : Château de la Tour, estate of Count Alain de La Moussaye, suite of four Louis XVI period hunting horn sconces €160,000

2001: Salomon de Rothschild Collection, € 5.2 million