Gillot’s Islamic gems boost total at Christie’s in Paris
The 17.9m euro premium-inclusive total generated by Christie’s two-day sale of the ‘hidden’ collection of Charles Gillot in Paris last week may have wildly surpassed the auctioneers’ 5m euro predictions, but the performance of the 476-lot auction nonetheless ran pretty much along predicted lines.
As expected, the bulk of that total was provided by the opening session on March 4, the first 100 lo…