The Coutau-Bégarie auction house

The auction house Coutau-Bégarie, founded in 1992, is renowned for its unusual sales with original themes. Discover its history and notable sales.

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More information at +33 1 48 87 81 44 or without an appointment at 43 rue Beaubourg in Paris from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday.

The auction house Coutau-Bégarie was founded by Me Olivier Coutau-Bégarie in 1992. After studying law, Olivier Coutau-Bégarie decided to settle in Paris in 1979 as a partner in a firm, before creating his own auction house on avenue de la Bourdonnais in Paris. Today, the auction house Coutau-Bégarie organizes around thirty sales per year. It specializes mainly in the following areas: jewelry, drawings, furniture, art objects, paintings, and Asian art. Its sales stand out for their event-driven nature, with often original themes, such as the sale dedicated to Claude François in 2015 or the sale dedicated to French song in 2017.

Recent sales by the Coutau-Bégarie house

On December 5, 2019, during its Comic Strip and Illustration sale, the Coutau-Bégarie house offered an unpublished drawing signed by Hergé, created on May 9, 1945 (the day after the armistice marking the end of World War II) in India ink and watercolor to celebrate the Liberation: Jean Libert liberated by Tintin and Hergé, his creations and his friends. The origin of this unpublished drawing is unusual as it was found on a page of the diary of the wife of Jean Libert, a friend of Hergé liberated on May 8.

On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, the Coutau-Bégarie house distinguished itself with an auction at Drouot of High Period objects, some of them very rare. This sale recorded several records and notable sales:

• A lacquered painting by Pham HAU, sold for €231,840, a record for this artist;
• An enamel plate depicting Emperor Vitellius with a scepter on a blue horse by Jean LIMOSIN, sold for €113,344 to the Louvre Museum.
• An early work by Jean-Léon GÉRÔME depicting the ruins of the Doric temple of the goddess Hera, sold for €218,960;
• The painting Laveuse, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, effet d’automne by Francis PICABIA (1906), sold for €193,200.

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Coutau-Bégarie is an auction house created in 1992 by Me Olivier Coutau-Bégarie. It organizes about thirty sales per year, specializing in jewelry, furniture, art objects, paintings, and Asian art.

Coutau-Bégarie is known for its original themed sales, such as those dedicated to Claude François in 2015 and French song in 2017. Their sales also include art objects and rare works.

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