Pousse-Cornet

Introduction

The auction house VALOIR – POUSSE CORNET, run by Guillaume and Amélie CORNET, auctioneers, has been organising around a hundred auctions a year at the Hôtel des Ventes in Blois, the Galerie des Ventes in Orléans and at auction houses across the Loir-et-Cher and Loiret departments for over 30 years.

In addition to traditional prestige auctions, VALOIR organises specialist sales focusing on 20TH-CENTURY ART, ASIAN & PRIMITIVE ART, WINES, TOYS, JEWELLERY and HUNTING AND GAME.

These sales are accompanied by illustrated catalogues and feature contributions from specialist experts.

Among our firm’s most high-profile and media-covered auction results are: €3.9 million, a world record for a painting by the Dutch artist BERCKEYDE; €480,000 for a Chinese imperial porcelain vase from the Qianlong period; €185,000 for a painting by Simon VOUET, €110,000 for a copperwork by Carlo CIGNANI, €130,000 for Maurice de VLAMINCK’s *Le Lapin agile* and €120,000 for a painting by Georges MATHIEU.

Treasures still exist today! Take, for example, a gouache by Fernand Léger rediscovered in a château in the Loir-et-Cher, which sold for €143,000 in November 2015, or a drawing by Henri Matisse found in a house in Sologne (which sold for double the expert’s estimate). Or take the miniature replica of a 19th-century Japanese temple. Showcased at a prestigious auction, it sold for €232,000 and has now joined the collection of Europe’s foremost connoisseur of Japanese art. ASIAN ART has become a speciality for us, as evidenced by our record-breaking auctions.

Many priceless treasures still lie hidden in people’s homes. Please do not hesitate to submit your works to us for a confidential and free valuation!