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4 November 2022

LA COLLECTION PAUL DESTRIBATS : UNE BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES AVANT-GARDES RÉALISE UN MONTANT TOTAL DE 16,2 M. €

Paris France 4 November 2022

- A plus que doublé son estimation initiale

- 96 % des 1827 lots ont été vendus

- 67 % de lots vendus au-dessus de l’estimation haute

- 37 préemptions par la Bibliothèque Kandinsky, la Bibliothèque nationale de France, le Centre Pompidou, une acquisition de la National Gallery of Victoria, Australie

- La 4 e et dernière vente a réalisé 2,2 M. €

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.