Nearly a year and a half after Saint Laurent's death at age 71, his surviving partner Pierre Burge is presenting the final auction for the pair's remaining possessions. According to The Telegraph, "all of [the auction's items] belonged to Saint Laurent and Berge, it was part of their intimacy, their universe. A lot of it is quirky but it was there with them at the weekends."
Up on the chopping block? Everything from neo-Gothic chairs to panther sofas, rococco mirrors, porcelain, floor cushions and spare curtains. And if the duo's taste is anything like Saint Laurent's timeless portfolio of fashion classics, I'd say all bidders are in for a dangerously pricey treat. In fact, the AFP reports that proceeds exceeded expectations days before the auction was set to come to an end.
On the bright side, all bidders can shop guilt-free: proceeds will go toward fighting AIDS. The auction ends Friday.
Yves Saint Laurent Auction
If you can't be a world-famous fashion designer, you might as well decorate like one, right? From Nov. 17-20, Christie's is pounding the hammer for 1,185 of the late Yves Saint Laurent's prize furnishings. If his taste was anything like his fashion designs, bidders are in for a dangerously pricey treat.
A picture taken in Paris shows a Miro painting (center) with other works. Proceeds from pieces from the collection of Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge have already exceeded expectations.
Ceiling lights are pictured in Paris, days before the Yves Saint Laurent-Pierre Berge collection goes to auction at Christie's. This auction is far smaller than the record-smashing 700-item February sale, which fetched $491.9 million in the biggest private art sale in history.
The 1,200 works, including a Fernand Leger painting and Yves Saint Laurent's own Mercedes Benz and Hermes luggage, to come under the hammer from November 17 to 19 are estimated at between three and four million euros, according to Christie's (up to $5.9 million).
A Gothic revival table from mid 19th century is pictured below six 19th century black chalk drawings on the right wall. The table is flanked by two Gothic revival oak and walnut armchairs. The pool table, presumably, came later.
Seen here: the bronze Cesar (Cesar Baldaccini, 1921-1998) sculpture, 'L'Homme de Draguignan' (Draguignan man).
Seen here: the bronze sculpture (center), Silenus with the Infant Bacchus, Italian, 18th century.
Seen here: a Fahua large basin, China, Ming Dynasty, early 16th century.
Seen here: a Fernand Leger (1881-1955) painting, 'The workers at rest', signed with initials.
Christie's auctioneer Francois de Ricqles poses among works once owned by the fashion designer known by the initials YSL.
More belongings of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge, now up for auction at Christie's.
Furniture, paintings and decor from the home of the late French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge.
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