Wishing to avoid a heavy posthumous sale for his heirs to manage and preferring to control the dispersion of his own works himself, Alain Delon auctioned more than 80 pieces from his personal collection. After New York, Hong Kong and Geneva, a sale will therefore take place in Paris on June 22, 2023. Initiated in “beauty” by Visconti, Cheetahmade its first purchases in the mid-1960s, with its first star pills. A wise investment for someone who comes from a very modest family. On the menu: paintings, sculptures or even drawings for an estimated value between 4 and 5 million euros. For this event, our colleagues from Parisian met for their edition of Saturday, June 17, his daughter, Anouchka and the auctioneer in charge of the sale, Arnaud Cornette de Saint-Cyr. A beautiful meeting and discussion around the love of art that the legend of French cinema developed over the course of his life, but which also made it possible to reveal a sacred trust ! The actor, in fact, so much an art lover, could not have attended the birth of his only daughter…because of the purchase of works of art! The confession comes from the auctioneer himself, Cornette de Saint-Cyr who explains:“The day Anouchka was born, her father was not there, gone to an auction in Auxerre”!
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“The value of some pieces is estimated at around 800,000 euros”
But, very close to her father, the latter certainly did not hold it against her since she herself accompanied him in this great sale, having closely followed their various stages, between Europe, the United States and China. The 32-year-old woman even declared at the microphone of RTLon June 15: “The fact of traveling to the United States and then to Asia, we realize the aura of our father. People knew him as an actor, but also know him as a collector there. It was a bit of a shock, we realize the radiation he has tothe international”. A sale that could bring big profits to the Delon clan, since the value of certain pieces is estimated at around 800,000 euros, at least, for the estimated “most expensive” property in Alain Delon’s collection, which is none other than ‘“a Fauve painting from 1906 signed Raoul Dufy.”
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And the pretty brunette to conclude: “Witnessing this great sale is a lot of emotions for him but it’s also very exciting. He always told me: ‘When people leave, there is a sale afterwards. They are the only ones who do not see what is happening. He’s lucky to see what’s going to happen around”, she says, filled with pride.
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