Astrid Guillon Maison de ventes aux enchères

After earning degrees in law and art history from the Sorbonne and the École du Louvre, I qualified as an auctioneer (handling both voluntary and court-ordered sales) in 2009.

I spent over a decade working at auction houses in Paris—specifically at the Hôtel Drouot and Artcurial, where I served as Deputy Director of the Inventories & Collections department. During this time, I conducted hundreds of inventories for estate settlements, asset divisions, sales, and insurance purposes, working with a wide range of clients including collectors, notaries, lawyers, and private bankers.

Notable sales I have organized and conducted include the Alphonse & Hélène Kann collection at Artcurial in February 2017 (realizing €2.3 million, including fees), as well as the sale of furnishings from the Hôtel de Paris in Monaco (January 2015; 3,500 lots) and the Plaza Athénée in 2013.

In September 2018, I was appointed as a court-ordered auctioneer based in Besançon—my hometown—and subsequently founded my own auction house there in January 2021.

Ingrid Tsivahiny, who holds a degree in Intellectual Property Law, joined the team as an auction clerk in late 2021.

We hold auctions in both Besançon (organizing around ten sales per year) and Paris. Since the firm’s inception, we have conducted four sales in Paris: a Louis Féraud Haute Couture wardrobe and Dior jewelry; the contents of a fine apartment on Avenue Niel; and the Carnot library (held in 2022). and in 2023, the contents of a decorator’s Normandy home, at the Hôtel Drouot.

In Besançon, we organize sales across all specialties, with a particular focus on jewelry, watches, regional paintings, fashion and accessories, and collectibles.

Twice-yearly sales are held dedicated to horology and the brand Lip (including a major collection of 250 Lip watches in November 2021 that totaled nearly €100,000 with a 100% sell-through rate), as well as to Franche-Comté regional interest and rare books.