Art Of The Day Weekly
#244 - from 2 February 2012 to 8 February 2012
Lot n°161. Seven handles of window catches in wrought iron, decorated with geometric motifs of which Greek, stars, cross. XVIII and XIX centuries. Estimated at: 50-100 €.
The taste of metal
PARIS – We knew the Petiet collection of prints that gave birth to an endless series of sales (at Piasa), the book fund of Pierre Bérès or, in the same family, that of Japanese prints (at Pierre Bergé's), and it wealth which always led to repeated bids. The buyers seem to have a liking for these sales by "series" that give way to regular gatherings. This is once again illustrated with the fourth Rullier sale (at Fraysse's), where hundreds of usual objects in steel, bronze and pewter will be put out on the market, with a selection of bronze mortars – the standard example of the XVIIth century was estimated at some 500 € (the beautiful Spanish model with the molded belly could go up to 2000 €) – and many knockers in wrought iron as well as weather vanes, keys, forces, and other cane knobs…
• 4e vente Rullier : fer, bronze, fer, étain, haute curiosité 7 February 2012 at Richelieu-Drouot (Fraysse)