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OUR HISTORY
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The art and passion of transmission since 1974
France's youngest auctioneer at the time, Claude Aguttes founded his eponymous Clermont-Ferrand auction house in 1974. Dive into the highlights and records that have helped write the company's history.
1974
Creation of the auction house Aguttes in Clermont-Ferrand
1986
Sale of a Autoportrait aux bésicles by Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699 - 1779), 6.6 million FF.
The international art market moves to Auvergne
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1995
Aguttes establishes is office in the west of Paris to adapt to the liberalisation and internationalisation of the art market
2007
Sale of the André Lefèvre collection, which realised a total of €21.8 million, including Joan Miró's Blue star, which sold for €11.6 million (3rd world record for the artist)
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2008
Establishment of a representative office at Brotteaux train station in Lyon
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2012
Sale of a sculpture by Edme Bouchardon (1698 - 1762) for €3.7 million. Pre-emption by the Musée du Louvre
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2014
Creation of the Fine Pearls speciality within the Jewellery department
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2015
Sale of three paintings by the Chinese artist Sanyu (1901 - 1966) for a total of 9.6 million euros, followed in 2017 by a fourth painting by the same artist sold for 8.8 million euros
2016
Nomination of Aguttes by the Commercial Court for the sale of the Aristophil Collections. Over €108 million in sales; 335 pre-emptions, numerous records and three lots classified as National Treasures
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2018
1st independent auction house to top the 50 million mark
Sale of a carnivorous theropod on the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower
Sale of the Petau Hours, a book of hours used in Rome (circa 1495), €4.2 million
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2019
Representative offices implementation in Aix-en-Provence and Brussels
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2020
Sale The Measure of Worlds
Discovery and dispersal of a private collection of rare objects and scientific instruments by the Inventories Department. The sale totalled €2.5 million.
2021
Organisation of the Tour Auto Optic 2ooo anniversary sale under the nave of the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris, which raised €2.1 million.
Sale of Albert Einstein and Michele Besso's Theory of Relativity: €11.7 million
Sale, with Vodafone, of an NFT of the 1st SMS sent in the world. Worldwide event with 5,000 press articles
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2022
Sale of a Guarnerius "del Gesù" violin 3.3 million, joining the instruments of German-American virtuoso David Garrett
Establishment of a representative office in Geneva
Aguttes receives the world's first metaverse auction
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2024
Publication of the book L’art moderne en Indochine (Modern Art in Indochina), In Fine éditions d'art: 10 years after Aguttes created this market
First Aguttes auction in Brussels: Autoworld | Auction & Motion totalling €4 million
European record for a Pokémon trading card sold for €192,000
Sale of a Rolex Daytona ‘Paul Newman’ chronograph wristwatch, circa 1971, for €705,400. Auction record for a collector's watch in 2024 in France (Le Figaro)
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2025
First Aguttes auction in Brussels: Autoworld | Auction & Motion totals 4 million euros
European record for a Pokémon collector's card sold for 192,000 euros
Sale of a Rolex Daytona “Paul Newman” bracelet chronograph, circa 1971, 705,400 euros. Auction record for a collector's watch in 2024 in France (Le Figaro)
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