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Do you want to acquire or sell beautiful objects in an auction house, but don’t dare push the door? However, good deals are accessible to everyone, in particular thanks to Cédric Melado, auctioneer and co-founder of FauveParis. He gives us his advice on how to get started.
In 2023, there were 482 auction houses in France. Among them, FauveParis, co-founded by Cédric Melado 10 years ago.
The auctioneer, who runs a sale every Saturday in his premises in eastern Paris, talks here with passion about his profession, his greatest discoveries, and provides some valuable advice to anyone who would like to get started in the purchase or sale of auction items.
Have you ever revealed to a client that they have “treasure”?
This is the satisfaction of our job, and it happens quite often! For example, a few years ago, I supported a client who, when her husband died, also had to manage her in-laws’ belongings, which were stored in a warehouse. At the bottom of a box which contained an advertising snow globe, pens and a pencil holder, I discovered a small jaguar measuring around 20 cm. It was a bronze by the Italian sculptor from the beginning of the 20th century.e century Rembrandt Bugatti, of whom she had never heard! The movers had emptied the contents of the tray from his in-laws’ office…
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