Two Record-Shattering Sales At Karl Lagerfeld?s Estate Auction
Two record-breaking sales happened at Karl Lagerfeld's estate in Paris. One was a black Chanel tote bag and the other, a Martin Szekely.
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Image: Chanel
Sotheby’s in Paris sold ?6.2 million worth of possessions from the late Karl Lagerfeld. And two world records were set for a Chanel handbag and an artwork of Martin Szekely. Digital bidding was open on December 6 through Thursday (December 9), and live auctions took place on Tuesday and Wednesday (December 14 and 15) in Paris.
This comes as the second part in a series of three-part sales ? taking place in the late designer’s three places of residence: Monaco, Paris, and Cologne. Possessions of Lagerfeld being sold include art, furniture, sketches and clothing.
The record-breaking handbag was a black Chanel crocodile tote bag from 2010 that the designer had carried daily fetched ?94,500 and the Szekely artwork, “Miroir Soleil Noir” from 2007 sold for ?375,500.
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Image: Sotheby’s
The highest bid for a piece of Lagerfeld?s own artwork was a portrait of de Bascher, called ?Return From the Valley of Emeralds,? which sold for ?163,800, versus an estimate of ?400 to ?600. A watercolour artwork, featuring de Bascher and Anna Wintour at the Louvre, from 1985 took in ?50,400.
Among his clothing, a Dior&...
The post Two Record-Shattering Sales At Karl Lagerfeld’s Estate Auction appeared first on LUXUO.
Image: Chanel
Sotheby’s in Paris sold ?6.2 million worth of possessions from the late Karl Lagerfeld. And two world records were set for a Chanel handbag and an artwork of Martin Szekely. Digital bidding was open on December 6 through Thursday (December 9), and live auctions took place on Tuesday and Wednesday (December 14 and 15) in Paris.
This comes as the second part in a series of three-part sales ? taking place in the late designer’s three places of residence: Monaco, Paris, and Cologne. Possessions of Lagerfeld being sold include art, furniture, sketches and clothing.
The record-breaking handbag was a black Chanel crocodile tote bag from 2010 that the designer had carried daily fetched ?94,500 and the Szekely artwork, “Miroir Soleil Noir” from 2007 sold for ?375,500.
READ MORE: US Collector and Billionaire Surrenders Millions Worth of Stolen Art
Image: Sotheby’s
The highest bid for a piece of Lagerfeld?s own artwork was a portrait of de Bascher, called ?Return From the Valley of Emeralds,? which sold for ?163,800, versus an estimate of ?400 to ?600. A watercolour artwork, featuring de Bascher and Anna Wintour at the Louvre, from 1985 took in ?50,400.
Among his clothing, a Dior&...
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