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THE PHYSICS CABINET OF MR C.
Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 2:30pm
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A collection of scientific instruments and devices related to science and technology will be dispersed on October 12. This collection brings together over 300 scientific objects gleaned by an amateur throughout his life, as he travelled the length and breadth of France. The collection includes instruments for demonstrating physical phenomena, steam engines (including two beautiful self-propelled locomotives), microscopes, Geissler tubes, clocks and a floor regulator. This collector exhibited these objects in an apartment in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.


This extremely rare regulator is a masterpiece of watchmaking by a Jesuit brother whose work testifies to his mastery of the art of watchmaking, which he must have practiced long before taking holy orders.
Born in Peramea, Spain, in 1821, Jesuit Brother Christophe Fornells entered the novitiate in the French province of Lyon at the age of 46, and died in Saint-Etienne in 1902, aged 81.
Estimate: €6,000 - €8,000

IMPRESSIONIST & MODERN ART
Kees Van Dongen, Eugène Boudin, Aristide Maillol, Hans Bellmer
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 2:30 p.m.

On November 15, Aguttes will be offering a number of rediscoveries by major Impressionist and modern artists, including a work by Kees Van Dongen, Femme allongée, which will be included in the catalog raisonné of the artist's work currently being prepared under the auspices of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute.


Kees Van Dongen, Femme allongée, Huile sur toile, Oil on canvas, Signed lower left, 54 x 65 cm
Estimation: 200 000 - 300 000 €

A view of the Bassin du Commerce in Le Havre, painted in 1884 by Eugène Boudin. This painting was in the collection of the painter Jules-Charles Choquet, and has not appeared on the market since it was exhibited at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1899, the year of the retrospective devoted by the École to the painter, who had recently passed away.


Eugène Boudin (1824-1898), Le Havre. Le Bassin du Commerce, 1884, Oil on panel
Signed, dated '[18]84' and located 'Le Havre' lower left, 32.5 x 41 cm
Provenance: Collection Jules-Charles Choquet, Paris, Private collection, France (by descent)
Estimation: 80 000 - 120 000 €

A bronze sculpture by Aristide Maillol, Jeune femme assise sur ses talons, cast by Florentin Godard, an electrifying Poupée (Torse) by Hans Bellmer, a set of ink on tracing paper by Foujita illustrating Jean Cocteau's Dragon des mers, a lithograph by Henri Matisse, and a set of ceramics born of the collaboration between Picasso and the Madoura porterie will also be on sale.


Aristide Maillol (1861-1944), Jeune femme assise sur ses talons, Bronze with a brown patina
Signed with monogram and foundry stamp  'F. Godard Fondeur’ 17 cm
Estimation: 30 000 - 50 000 €

L'AVENTURE PEUGEOT CITROËN DS • LA VENTE OFFICIELLE
Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
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Join us at the Peugeot Museum in Sochaux from October 13 to 15 for the 5th Official Sale of L'Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS. We're delighted to present our selection of 74 cars, ranging from an extremely rare 1935 Citroën 11A Cabriolet Décapotable to the famous Peugeot 205 Turbo 16, which will be accompanied by a selection of 205s that will make the GTI world green with envy! From raids across the continents in Citroën 2CVs to General de Gaulle's descent of the Champs-Elysées in his presidential DS 21, from the fierce battles won by Peugeot in the World Rally Championship, from media stunts on the aircraft carrier Clémenceau to the Eiffel Tower glittering with chevrons, all these cars are in the collective unconscious; they have accompanied the history of France in our greatest feats of arms as well as our simplest everyday victories. For all budgets, all ages, all generations, this catalog is full of surprises.


1984 - Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
Estimation: 270 000 - 300 000 €


1953 – Citroën Traction Big Six Cabriolet Peacock
Estimation: 80 000 – 120 000 €

COLLECTOR'S CARDS - FIRST EDITION
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
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Aguttes creates a new "Collector's Cards" department, which will offer its first auction on October 18, 2023. Always attentive to the interests of its collectors and new market trends, the auction house now specializes in collectible cards such as Pokémon, Magic and other TCGs, as well as sports cards and sports memorabilia. This sale already includes a complete set of the first French edition of Pokémon, as well as sealed products that are extremely rare on the market. Since the 1970s, this market has been very successful in the United States, and in recent years has exploded in France and Europe, as witnessed by the multiplication of dedicated trade shows and their growing visibility on social networks.


Composition featuring a new Panini album München/Münich 74 Complete Panini album sealed in original factory - Perfectly sealed with no tears.
Very few copies known worldwide. Condition and sealed, extremely rare.
Provenance: Ex-collection of a Panini Italy Modena manager
Estimation: 8 000 - 11 000 €

GLENDRONACH THE ONE & ONLY SALE
Monday, October 23, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
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A cask from the historic GlenDronach distillery in Scotland, auctioned for the first time

The year 2023 celebrates the Excise Act, published in 1823. This act marked the birth of Scotch whisky, legalizing production and establishing its taxation by the British government. To mark the occasion, on October 23, Aguttes will honor one of Scotland's first distilleries, Glendronach, founded by James Allardice in 1826. The contents of this unique cask were distilled in 1992, when the stills were coal-fired and malting rooms were still in use. This single malt matured for 30 years in one of the most remarkable Oloroso casks. Bottled in 2023, its capacity represents a total of around 600 bottles. The natural reduction in alcohol during maturation has given it incomparable aromatic concentration.


Sale of the contents of a whisky cask from The Glendronach distillery, a set of 630 bottles of single cask #7417,
a 30-year-old single malt whisky distilled in November 1992 and bottled in June 2023.
Estimation: 300 000 - 400 000 €

LA MAISON SÉMONVILLE BY JOHN COURY & FLORENT MAILLARD
Wednesday, November 08, 2023 at 2:30 p.m.

On November 8, 2023, Aguttes will be dispersing the contents of Maison Sémonville, an apartment in a private mansion in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Paris IVe). Interior designers John Coury and Florent Maillard have reinterpreted and reimagined this unusual, lived-in space, bringing together objects, furniture and works of art dating from Antiquity to the present day.

"In our exciting mission as creators of dreams, we attach particular importance to the quality of details. We focus on the rhythm and symmetry of the architecture, the poetry of the decor and the sensuality of the materials and finishes." - John Coury & Florent Maillard


Masterfully integrated into a private mansion dating from 1630, located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris,
this group of 150 lots, estimated at between €100 and €300,000, will be auctioned by Aguttes on November 8, 2023.

CLASSIC CARS
Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 2:30 pm

La Vente d’Automne will take place in Paris on Sunday, November 26. 80 cars are expected to attend, and the list of those who have already joined us is very impressive. As already announced this summer, the Delage D6-3 Litres, 2nd in the 1939 Le Mans 24 Hours and a starter in the 1940 Mille Miglia, will be one of the stars of the sale. Alongside it, three exceptional barn exits and a former 1968 Paris Salon car are announced. If you are interested in selling a car or your collection, we invite you to contact one of our specialists directly. We'll be happy to advise you and accompany you well beyond the final hammer blow!


1939 – Delage D6 3-Litres Compétition Usine

CONTEMPORARY ART
Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 3:00 pm

A gift from the artist to the current owner, a previously unseen work by Zao Wou-Ki will be presented on the market for the very first time this November. A perfect example of the indisputable popularity of contemporary Asian artists, the naturalized Chinese-French artist has rapidly established himself as one of the biggest names in contemporary art, as well as one of the best-selling artists on the secondary market. This abstract ink on paper, created in 2000, is a mature work, a quintessential expression of Zao Wou-ki's radical aesthetic research. An ode to fragility, it is produced on extremely fine, one-meter-square rice paper, demonstrating the artist's full technical skill.


Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013), Sans titre, 2000
Ink on rice paper, signed and dated lower right 101 x 106 cm (rice paper) 111 x 117 cm (entire sheet)
Provenance: Gift from the artist to the current owner, Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & BOWS
Monday, November 27, 2023 at 2:30 pm

At our next auction of quartet instruments and bows, we'll be pleased to present a superb violin made by Albert Caressa in 1926. Numbered 140, it bears the luthier's original label and iron markings on the inside. It is a vibrant testimony to the brilliant past of Maison Caressa and its close relationship with the Paris Conservatoire and its prizewinners. Magnificently decorated with the Conservatoire National de Musique coat-of-arms on the back, it was presented to Mr. André Brugger, a pupil of the famous violinist and teacher Jules Boucherit (1877-1962), on the occasion of his first prize in 1932. The violin has been carefully preserved by the family ever since, and is currently in excellent condition, ready to be played.


Great violin by Albert Caressa (1866-1939), Made in Paris in 1926, number 140
Bearing Albert Caressa's original label and iron marks inside,
Magnificent blazon on the bottom of the Conservatoire National de Musique for Monsieur André Brugger
356 mm on the bottom
Estimation: 8000 – 9000 €

ASIAN PAINTERS, MAJOR WORKS [40]
Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 2:30 p.m.

On November 30, Aguttes will be auctioning a magnificent oil on canvas by Lê Phổ. This artwork, La Lettre, marks the transition to the painter's final period of artistic maturity. The depiction of a woman and child in a verdant, flower-filled garden is a recurring theme for the painter, and his most prolific during this period. The delicacy and elegance of the work sublimate the serenity of the scene, which appealed to collectors across the Atlantic.


LÊ PHỔ (1907 - 2001), La Lettre, Oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled on back, 74 x 92 cm - 29 1/8 x 36 1/4 in
Provenance:
Wally Findlay Galleries, New-York
Private collection
Christies sale, 1998, Singapore
Private collection, Singapore (acquired at 1998 sale)

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