NAUNDORFF - Marie-Thérèse de BOURBON (1835-1908, daughter of Karl-Wilhelm Naundorff, pretender to the French throne as the self-declared dauphin son of Louis XVI, she married Charles Le Clerc, high-ranking civil servant in the Dutch East Indies, and lived in Java for 20 years) / Autograph letter signed, 6 p in-8, Saint-Loo (Netherlands), March 15, 1905: she doesn't like where she is and is going to look for another house on Apeldoorn, she is disillusioned, "Henri de Bourbon doesn't like me because I sided with Charles to whom I owe the education and affection he devotes to my brother Edmond's children", she confides in her correspondent

Composed of several subsidiaries, the Drouot Group is a major player in the art market. Hôtel Drouot, located in the heart of Paris, has been the world's largest public auction center since 1852. 15 salerooms are available to more than 70 auction houses. The emulation generated by an annual offer of 230,000 artworks from 21 major specialities - from Antiquity to street art - attracts some 3,000 visitors every day. The Group's digital platform, Drouot.com, offers digital sales - Live auctions (live broadcasting and participation in auctions), Online-only auctions (dematerialised auctions) and Buy Now sales (sales of lots at fixed prices). Nearly 2 million items are offered annually by 600 auction houses. Auction news is reported every week in La Gazette Drouot, the leading weekly magazine for the art market and culture published by Auctionspress.