Furniture treasure trove amassed over 30 years
Prize examples of French 18th century furniture were on offer at Drouot when Hughes Taquet of the auction house Hôtel des Ventes de Mantes-La-Jolie (26.4% buyer’s premium inc VAT) offered the collection of René Siméoni.
The auctioneer came across the collection of furniture when he undertook an estate inventory at a …