Paris Ritz Auction

I went early to visit the Ritz Auction at Artcuriel.

The RITZ PARIS AUCTION preview was over 2 weeks ago at ARTCURIAL, Rond Point, Champs-Elysées. I thought there would be long lines. Instead it was me & the TV crews.

They were still setting up 17 display rooms.

The rooms were designed and sketched by decorator, Vincent Darré. He's standing in La Suite Windsor.

Utterly gorgeous. You can’t see the Windsor's little brown suede dog bed for sale.

The Scott Fitzgerald suite.

Back in the studio I started painting from hundreds of photos.

Et voila.

Le Salon Proust. Someone walked by and strummed the harp

I took so many pictures of the Ritz 'Marthe' pattern china (they changed the color from green to blue with the new renovation). Its available in their hotel boutique. I thought I would be painting this.

I was enthralled with Ritz chaises 🪑 

There were many, many chairs to paint.

How did the auction go? 

It was a grand success.

Almost 9 million dollars earned.

7 times the estimation. 

13,000 visiters during the 4-day viewing. 

5 days of sales. 

3,500 lots of 10,000 objects dispursed. 

100% sold. 

60% sold to foreigners in 53 countries. 

50% sold through the internet. 

The natural light in the Artcurial is simply gorgeous. You feel you’re wafting through the old Ritz.

Do visit Artcuriel’s auctions. Outstanding.

An archival picture of Mademoiselle Coco Chanel's suite.

Vincent Darré's version her bedroom with her ❤️ red lacquer Chinoiserie.

They didn’t mind my sitting in one of Chanel's chairs 🪑 and sketching.

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