O objecto mais sensacional do leilão FRANCE / NORWAY realizado em Paris é nada mais nada menos que esta parte da proa do famoso navio, com um preço estimado de €80.000 a €100.00. Um leilão semelhante com estas e outras peças foi efectuado anteriormente em Nova Iorque, mas não obteve o exito que os promotores esperavam.Conheci bem o navio quer na sua fase original como FRANCE, quer como NORWAY, e sinto que esta feira / leilão dos despojos do navio é um atentado à dignidade do velho FRANCE. Por um lado cho bem que algo seja preservado, mas é um crime destruir um navio como o FRANCE.
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Very beautiful. May god continue to give you the permanent enlightening that makes you able to spread so many memorabilia around. Have a nice week end
ReplyDeleteI went to
ReplyDeletethe viewing the first evening (Wednesday 7th Feb) of the 3 openings.
Took some photos, a few of which I intend to put into a photo-folder. I found
some lovely items. I took photos of the nose a few days before (it was exhibited
outdoor), put them into a folder, but there was obviously a problem as it
never came out! I will try again.
Attended
the last 90 min of the auction, on the last afternoon, this past Monday, after
work.
I can say
that they seem to have done well. Far above the catalog indicated price/
estimate.
Here are
examples of prices for some lots pertaining to the France. (1E = 1,30 USD )
A chest of
drawers (in aluminium) from a cabin (one of those ubiquitous chest of
drawers): 3000 euros (excluding of tax all prices mentioned are excluding of
tax). Estimate 2800 E
Piece of
hull (about 40*60 cm) there were 3, sold at about 3400 E.e ach (estimate 600
E.)
I didn't
buy anything, though I wouldn't have mind getting a piece of hull! In any case,
things were beyond my budget.
The paper documents were very popular!
3 1st
class menus from April 1962 + 3 tourist class breakfast cards went for 800 E
(estimate : 150).
7 1st
class menus from 1972 went for 900 E (estimate 150 E).
Various
technical documents were sold at a high rate too
2 teak
doors went for 2300 and 2600 E. (estimate 1800 E)
A fine France reduced
model (70 cm
long) went for 3000 E (estimate 800E).
Now, the NOSE
went for 273 000 E. (inclusive of tax). It has been bought by a French
property developer, who is planning (so says the press), to have it erect in a
new estate, in Deauville
(Normandie), opposite the beach. It is due to be overlooking Le Havre, its
original hometown which is
just opposite across the sea! In this respect, the media are quite happy about
this outcome. Well, the major piece of the auction is remaining is France.
They
mentioned the 98% of the 500 lots have been sold, for a sum of 1, 186 Million
euros.
I'm sure
there will be more stuff coming out from the France
/ Norway
to be auctioned off at some stage in the future. The material for this auction
was
bought from the wreckers by a French man, Jacques Dworczak, a collector and
ship enthusiast. Now, does he have some other stuff for a future auction? There
are surely some other major pieces that have not been destroyed, but safely put
aside? I'm thinking of the beautiful lacquered panels of both dining rooms, for
instance.
Jacques
Letard, Paris.