It is an annual meeting which attracts, each time, its share of curious people…
As part of the national days of expertise, organized by the group Ivoire France, of which the Galerie de Chartres is a part, owners of objects rushed, this Wednesday, January 25, equipped with a multitude of treasures to be estimated by the experts present at the sales area, at Le Coudray.
From the start of the morning, Denis and his son, who had come from the Drouaise agglomeration, waited to submit a few potential nuggets. Tokens, reproduction coins, jewelery and a few comic strips are about to be examined, under the watchful eye of experts. “We have had these few objects at home for several years and we wanted to know what they could be worth”, smiles Denis, while awaiting the verdict…
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Who will not be the one expected, for the few copies of comic books. “Unfortunately, it’s not old enough for it to be interesting,” regrets Caroline Rivière, auctioneer at the Galerie de Chartres, specializing in old toys. “These copies should be a little more dated and above all, there should be more volumes.”
“However, I was on the verge of throwing it away…”
No nice surprise for Denis and his son, but a little further in the room, it’s a whole electric train that Caroline Rivière is going to appraise. “It was my husband’s train when he was a kid. I’m gutting and selling the house we lived in and I was about to throw it away, but my friends told me not to. especially not to do it”, confides this Eurélienne, who came to glean some advice.
And obviously, she did well to keep it. “These are batches of the classic Hornby and Jep brands, which resell very well”, announces Caroline Rivière. “In addition, all the pieces are in their original box, which really makes the difference today, with collectors.”
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The toy, which once made her husband happy, is finally estimated “between 700 and 1,000 €” by the expert. “I really did well to listen to my friends,” jokes the retiree, who may have the pleasant surprise of seeing this sum increase, during the auction which will take place in several weeks.
“That’s the whole point of this day. Usually, we organize meetings every Wednesday to welcome visitors with their objects, but here, the most thing is to be able to meet the experts directly and avoid that the objects are sent to Paris. This considerably reduces the time for people, who leave directly with an estimate.”
Caroline River (auctioneer at the Galerie de Chartres)
Various fields
This year, more than a dozen specialists, notably from Paris, were commissioned to identify, authenticate and estimate the hidden treasures of local owners. In multiple areas of expertise: jewelry, contemporary art, stamps and postcards, archaeology, Asian art, sculpture, not to mention the specialties of the auctioneers of the Galerie de Chartres, also mobilized for the day.
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“We realize that people are often deprived, when they move or in the context of an inheritance, for example”, notes the auctioneer of the Galerie de Chartres. “Above all, don’t hesitate to contact us and on top of that, during those days, we often have nice surprises!”
The sales of the Galerie de Chartres to come. Barbie and Corolle, Monday January 30, at 2 p.m.; Around the doll, Tuesday January 31, at 9.30 a.m.; Old and modern books, Saturday 11 February, at 9.30 a.m.; Toys and railroad, Tuesday February 14, at 10 a.m. These sales will take place at the Coudray sales area, 10 rue Claude-Bernard, or at the Galerie de Chartres, 7 rue Collin-d’Harleville.
Laura Alliche
