Constantin Brancusi sculptures made of wood at 46" height, starting bid is $18 million
Pablo Picasso Painting, Instruments de musique sur un gueridon, starting bid $31 million
Beautiful coral branch serving spoons, starting bid $5,000
Henri Matisse painting... Nu Au Bord de la Mer starting at $5 million
The art and furniture collections of Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge are coming up for auction at Christie's in Paris, estimated to bring in over $300 million in sales. Apparently, it's taken the house quite some time to catalog and organize the collection and Christie's has moved it from the owners overstuffed apartment to display at the beautiful Grand Palais building. Of course there are Picassos, Matisses, Fernand Legers, Jean Michel Frank and sculptural LaLanne furniture, TONS of statuettes and vases, urns, boxes, silver and decorative items. Christie's has 16 pages online displaying all of the loot. I can't help but wonder the story behind each piece, if the men ever argued about purchases (like married couples do) and why they didn't start their own foundation to donate this exquisite collection to a museum, so all of the world could see. (more on the auction)
The art and furniture collections of Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge are coming up for auction at Christie's in Paris, estimated to bring in over $300 million in sales. Apparently, it's taken the house quite some time to catalog and organize the collection and Christie's has moved it from the owners overstuffed apartment to display at the beautiful Grand Palais building. Of course there are Picassos, Matisses, Fernand Legers, Jean Michel Frank and sculptural LaLanne furniture, TONS of statuettes and vases, urns, boxes, silver and decorative items. Christie's has 16 pages online displaying all of the loot. I can't help but wonder the story behind each piece, if the men ever argued about purchases (like married couples do) and why they didn't start their own foundation to donate this exquisite collection to a museum, so all of the world could see. (more on the auction)
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