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VALUATIONS
Xavier Eeckhout is an art consultant in sculpture for Sotheby’s, the first auction house in France. Many other auction houses consult him for his expertise such as Delvaux, Fraysse & Associés, Collin du Bocage and Binoche & Giquello.
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WORLD RECORD
for a polar bear
in bronze of Pompon
Sale 6 décembre 2013, Binoche et Giquello, Hôtel Drouot, Paris.
Francois Pompon (1855-1933)
Polar Bear
Bronze with matt black patina.
Signed under the left hind leg.
Stamp by Valsuani "CIRE / C. VALSUANI / PERDUE".
Literature : Catherine Chevillot, Liliane Colas, Anne Pingeot, François Pompon, 1994, Gallimard / Electa - rmn, p. 212 repr.
Auctioned 200 000€ (buyer's premium)
Expertise
for a horse by
Antoine Louis Barye
Sale 14 December 2012, Maître Jean-Marc Delvaux, Hôtel Drouot, Paris
Antoine Louis Barye (1795-1875)
Cheval turc n° 1
Bronze signed
Auctioned 87 980 Euros (buyer's premium)
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