Artcurial
  België

On 10th April 2024, Artcurial will hold its first sale of the year dedicated to comic strips. On this occasion, the Comic Strips department will auction a previously unseen selection of 40 works by Jacques Rouxel, the father of The Shadoks. These brightly coloured, cheekily humorous drawings are as modern as they are topical. The department also celebrates the 70th anniversary of Martine, Marcel Marlier’s famous heroine.

The Monaco Auction Week sales, held at the Hôtel Hermitage in Monte-Carlo, were a resounding success, with Artcurial’s Watches, Jewellery and Hermès & Luxury Bags. Under the hammers of Stéphane Aubert and Geoffroy Ader, the 5 successive sales totalled €9,101,772.

With numerous auction records and lots sold above €1M, as well as the sale of prestigious private collections and the acquisition of the auction house Beurret Bailly Widmer in Switzerland, 2023 was Artcurial's best year, with a record-breaking result of €217M. 

During the Old Master Art sales held in Paris on November 22 and December 13, 2023, we had the honor of auctioning some fine private collections from Belgium. The total amount was over €3M.

As every year, the Old Master & 19^th Century Art department will hold its prestige sale on 22^nd November, in conjunction with Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale. The sale will feature a masterpiece by Jean-Honoré Fragonard: The Sacrifice to the Minotaur. Estimated €4,000,000 - 6,000,000, this oil on canvas has been kept in the same family for over a century. An exceptional, unpublished still life by Louyse Moillon and a Saint John the Evangelist by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo will also be offered for sale.

On Friday 10^th February, Artcurial auctioned Hergé’s original drawing for the 1942 cover of the album Tintin in America. This cover was used in 1946 for the first colour edition of the album. After a bidding battle, it was sold for €2,1M, a new world record for an original black and white drawing by Hergé.

Op 9 november 2022 had Artcurial de eer om in Parijs een belangrijke groep schilderijen van Vlaamse en Hollandse meesters uit de 16^e en 17^e eeuw uit de prestigieuze collectie Baron & Barones Vaxelaire, een familiehulde te verspreiden. Een wereldrecord werd gevestigd voor de reeks van 10 tondi door Abel Grimmer (1575-1619) die 1.538.000 euro (inclusief kosten) opbracht.