The production had announced it, a new record was broken this Thursday in Affaire concluded on France 2. A especially of table carried out by the engraver and bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire was bought by Pierre-Jean Chalençon for the modest sum of… 16,500 euros.
The previous record was therefore broken: it was a lion sculpture, bought by Caroline Pons for 12,750 euros. If we are still far from the numbers with six zeros, the sums that the buyers of the Sophie Davant show are ready to spend are only increasing. Thus, in April 2019, Pierre-Jean Chalençon had recovered Picasso's drawings for 9,300 euros.
"I didn't know if it was a replica or a real one"
This sale is a very nice surprise for Tristan, the electronic BTS student from Nîmes who presented the object. The statue hung around her mother's house, who was about to move. The young man hoped to draw 1,000 euros from the object, which was assessed at 7,000 euros by the expert, and sold for more than double.
"I learned about a potential value by looking at the Internet, but I didn't know if it was a replica or a real one," said Tristan to the Parisian . With the money raised, he was able to "pay my mother's moving expenses and give lots of gifts to my parents, grandparents, and my sister and brother." 1,000 euros are gone for taxes, as for any art object that costs more than 5,000 euros. "In the end, I still have a quarter of the money I plan to invest in a purchase and then make rental property," says Tristan daily.
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