Hôtel Drouot
Hôtel Drouot is a Parisian auction house, specialising in fine art and antiques. It is a business which includes 16 halls and 70 auction houses under the umbrella of Drouot.
Hôtel Drouot was founded in 1852 and is now owned by BNP Paribas; other locations include Monmartre, Vehicules, and Drouot-Montaigne. Weekly catalogues are published in the Gazette de l’Hotel Drouot, sold at newsstands throughout Paris.
Rediscovered French Renaissance bronze nude to be revealed at Paris auction
22 February 2020A rare example of a newly discovered bronze by a French Renaissance sculptor will be making an appearance at the rostrum on April 1 in Paris.
Pre-revolutionary provincial French silver offered in the Biron collection shine at auction
10 February 2020Rare 18th century French silver from the golden age of production was a feature of the collection of Renée and Louis Biron offered by Ader (28% buyer’s premium) at Drouot in Paris.
Regent’s treat: Rediscovered Prince of Wales portrait sold for €325,000
06 January 2020This rediscovered drawing of the future George IV (1762-1830) is believed to have been owned by his true love Maria Fitzherbert (1756-1837).
Senses and sensibility – Trio of Michael Sweerts portraits emerge over two months
06 January 2020Several portraits by the 17th century Flemish artist Michael Sweerts (1618-64) have been achieving six-figure sums at auctions in Europe recently.
Napoleon’s boots march out of auction with €91,000 bid
09 December 2019A pair of boots owned by Napoleon which were worn by him during his exile on the island of St Helena have been sold at auction in France.
Flemish artist provides Drouot with winning touch
02 December 2019The Bordoni and the Luini were not the only strong results achieved in the Drouot auction centre in the November sales.
The Château de Pontchartrain provenance provides lustre to Drouot and Sotheby's auctions
02 December 2019The Château de Pontchartrain and the Phélypeaux family who lived there for almost two centuries was much in evidence as a provenance in the recent sales in Paris.
Bust of leading French statesman by the king’s sculptor fetches £2m in Paris auction
22 November 2019A rare early 17th century bronze bust of a French statesman discovered in a French country house was knocked down at €2.4m (£2.07m) hammer at the Drouot auction centre in Paris this week.
Actress Judi Dench and the Brontë Museum call on public to help fund bid for miniature manuscript by a 14-year-old Charlotte Brontë
24 October 2019The Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth in West Yorkshire has begun a public campaign to raise the final funds needed to bid for a rare manuscript from the Brontës' childhood.
Head of French statesman: Country house discovery of bronze ‘Bordoni’ bust emerges after 400 years
09 September 2019A rare early 17th century bronze bust of a French statesman has been discovered in a French country house and will be offered for auction at Drouot in Paris in November with an estimate of €500,000-800,000.
Flemish flowers take highest price at Drouot so far in 2019
15 July 2019At a €2.7m (£2.45m) hammer price, a 17th century Flemish flower painting was the toast of the Old Master picture results in Paris this year. It was also the highest price recorded at the Drouot auction centre so far for 2019.
Artcurial and Sotheby’s lead half-year French auction house totals
12 July 2019Auction firms in France have been releasing their ‘Bilans’ or sales figures for the first half of 2019.
Seven Old Masters highlights from latest Paris auction series
08 July 2019The latest high season of auctions in Paris included a sizeable selection of Old Master and 19th century paintings. Pictured here is a selection of highlights from the latest series.
Chinese Qing dynasty musical automaton clock – an amalgam of ingenuity and technical prowess – fetches over £1m at auction
24 June 2019A Chinese musical automaton clock sailed over the £1m mark when it came up for sale at the Drouot auction centre in Paris.
Van Gogh’s ‘suicide’ gun sells for €130,000 at auction in Paris
19 June 2019The gun believed to be the weapon used by Vincent van Gogh to shoot himself in the summer of 1890 was knocked down at an €130,000 (£116,070) at auction in Paris.
Strong response to folk art collection of French writer and broadcaster at Paris auction
17 June 2019Folk art (or art populaire as it is known in France) has gained an increased following over the years.
Gun found in a field where artist van Gogh shot himself to be sold in Paris
13 June 2019Vincent van Gogh died from a gunshot wound in the summer of 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise in the south of France.
Pick of the week: Heavyweight bid as Aztec mosaic made of feathers sells to Paris museum
03 June 2019A remarkable example of 16th century cross-culture art – a feather ‘mosaic’ picture made in Mexico for Christian conquerors – has been purchased at auction by the Musée du Quai Branly.
Third slice of pre-Columbian works on offer at Drouot
27 May 2019At the Drouot auction centre on June 6 the Paris firm of Binoche et Giquello will be selling a third instalment from a US collection of pre-Columbian works from Meso, Central and South America which is expected to realise in the region of €3m-4m.
Sèvres pot at Drouot auction is one of Versailles pair
06 May 2019Included in a mixed-discipline sale held in Paris by Daguerre (28% buyer’s premium inc VAT) at Drouot was a Sèvres bough pot in soft paste porcelain.
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