Drouot sees a first half decline of 15% in sales
Sales by members of the Paris Compagnie des Commissaires-Priseurs (i.e. all Paris auctioneers bar Christie’s and Sotheby’s) fell 15 per cent in the first half of 2002 to €290m (£187m), as compared to the first six months of 2001.
Drouot chief Dominique Ribeyre admitted that “after several years of regular growth, various factors…