With the end of confinement, the Montluçon auction house was also able to reopen its doors. It was this Saturday, May 30 that took place the very first auction since the beginning of the deconfinement. But the rules of social distancing being always in place, it was in a (very) small committee that the sale took place.
A Rolex watch sold for 6,700 euros
Thus, the auction room installed Place de la Poterie could accommodate only six people simultaneously, against a hundred before the coronavirus epidemic.
We only had five people at the same time, the rest was done online, by phone or by purchase order.
Maître Sylvie Dagot, auctioneer
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Despite these restrictions, Maître Dagot says that he is “very satisfied, the results are very good. There are only a few lots that have not found a buyer. ”
During confinement, the Montluçon auctioneer offers free remote estimates
If no record has been broken, some objects have caressed the peaks. Like a watch Rolex sold 6,700 euros, a 19th century Ottoman saber that left for 2,600 euros or a painting by the painter Edward Bird sold for more than 1,900 euros.
Two new sales scheduled for June 25 and 27
Two new auctions will take place in June. June 25 will be devoted to the sale of “professional equipment”, while June 27 several collections will be offered. In particular silver coins, old toys, stamps or even musical instruments. “We will also have some really sensational bottles of wine,” adds Sylvie Dagot.
Sid Benahmed
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