The triumphant sale of Yves Saint Laurent’s private art collection, took place in Paris this week, defies the global financial malaise to prove once again that high-quality properties will find willing buyers in any economic climate. More than 1200 collectors and Christie’s clients bid a record US$264 million at Monday evening’s opening sale at the Grand Palais auction site. On prominent display at this historic event are fine homes from the Christie’s Great Estates affiliate network.
Hundreds of copies of the magazine are being distributed over the course of the three-day sale; video presentations of important estates worldwide are playing in a private lounge; and Joachim Wrang-Widén, European Director for Christie’s Great Estates, was on hand to personally answer any inquiries and to promote the real estate network to this important client base.
Experience for yourself the breathtaking elegance of this once-in-a-lifetime auction through a series of photo montages of the sales, the viewings (where thousands stood in line for hours), and the site preparations which are all posted on the Christie’s Web site.
Source: Christies, Image: Courtesy of Christies
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Peter Rabitz
mettono all’asta la collezione di Yves Saint Laurent e Pierre Bergé al Grand Palais di Parigi. Durante una 3 giorni, dal 23 al 25 febbraio, una delle collezioni private più importanti mai vista nel mercato dell’arte, verrà messa all’asta. La collezione, di oltre 700 oggetti, fondata nel corso di 50 anni consta pezzi d’Arte Moderna, Art Deco, mobili e opere europee, antichità, dipinti e disegni del 19° secolo. Inclusi nella collezione vi sono Instruments de musique sur un guéridon di Pablo Picasso (stimato a 25-30 milioni di €) e Les coucous, tapis bleu et rose di Henri Matisse (stimato a 12-18 milioni di €). Il ricavato delle vendite sarà devoluto alla fondazione di Pierre Bergé–Yves Saint Laurent e ad una nuova fondazione creata da Bergé per ricerche scientifiche nella lotta all’AIDS. 
