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Celebrated French mime Marcel Marceau left his mark on the world through silence, but his earthly belongings are generating a great deal of noise these days. On Wednesday, Parisian auction house Drouot began the second and final day of bidding on artwork, books, manuscripts and costumes Marceau left behind when he died at the age of 87 in September 2007. "We have 4,200 over here - certainly an original Marceau merits another bid!" prodded auctioneer Rodolphe Tessier as he stoked the bidding on Marceau's painting The Audience Observing from a reserve price of €800 ($1,080) toward...
...like places that tell the real stories of Paris," says Christian Louboutin, sitting in his cluttered office on the rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau. "Hôtel Drouot, for example, is a place where you see people selling their estate, and when they do, you see really their whole life. It's not just an auction house with glamour sales of famous paintings." Among his other usual haunts: a gardening bookshop, a restaurant for the blind and a very reliable Parisian shirtmaker. Here's a peek inside the little black book of one of fashion's greatest footwear designers...
...Drouot, 9 rue Drouot (33-1-48-00-20-20). This is a true Parisian auction house. It's very moving when you see an entire estate for sale?from paintings to dish towels. Plus, it's really a very wide range of social classes all mixed together...
...Paris at its most alive." The work of Brassaï, as Halász became in 1932 (meaning "from Brassó," his native village), made him one of the most admired and enduring photographers of the last century. And when 750 of the artist's works are auctioned at Drouot Montaigne in Paris Oct. 2-3 - two-thirds of them photographs - expect his images of the city after dark to be the top prizes. Toying with deep blacks and light, Brassaï pictured extraordinary cityscapes...
...called for a camera. The work of Brassaï, as Halász became in 1932 (meaning "from Brassó," his native village), made him one of the most admired and enduring photographers of the last century. And when 750 of the artist's works are auctioned at Drouot Montaigne in Paris Oct. 2-3 - two-thirds of them photographs - expect his images of the city after dark to be the top prizes. Toying with deep blacks and light, Brassaï pictured extraordinary cityscapes. A voyeur, he captured lovers - like those in Couple at the Four Seasons Dance Hall...