The situation is urgent for Stéphan Bern! As he confided on November 13, the 58-year-old television man will leave Paris once and for all. Deploring among other things “the permanent construction sites” and the dirt and violence of the capital, the host of “Secrets d’Histoire” poured out all his bitterness and his dismay, he who grew up in this city. “Paris has become a trash can where people get rid of everything, anywhere and anyhow. Where has the City of Light gone? I’ve lived there since I was 10, and I can’t take it anymore “, he lamented in an interview with the Parisian.
It is therefore confirmed, Stéphane Bern will leave his apartment in Pigalle, in the 9th arrondissement of the capital, to settle in the countryside in the former royal and military college of Thiron-Gardais (Eure-et-Loir) which ‘he acquired in 2013. Only here, this residence will require major renovations and the host is counting on an auction to collect money. Also, on the occasion of an auction organized by the Daguerre house which will take place on January 25, 2022 at the Hotel Drouot, Stéphane Bern will put up for sale part of his Parisian furniture. “I abandon a place steeped in history and, in the same spirit, I felt that it was also necessary to separate from the objects and furniture that had made up my universe for almost two decades. They all have their history and will delight art lovers as much as they have pleasantly accompanied me“, he commented to our colleagues at Gala.
Among these precious objects which the host will part with, “a portrait of Elisabeth-Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, the mother of Marie-Thérèse of Austria and the grandmother of Marie-Antoinette, but also an original chandelier by designer Hervé van der Straeten, a gift received for her fiftieth anniversary, as well as two ‘Marguerite’ tables by Hubert Le Gall “. Collectors just have to …