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Success for a Guitar by Jacques-Philippe Michelot

Result EUR78,000
Published on , by Philippe Dufour
Auction on 09 December 2022 - 14:30 (CET) - 164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine

This instrument straight out of the 18th century contributed to the lifestyle of Marie-Antoinette’s time.

Jacques-Philippe Michelot (1734-1814), "boat-shaped" guitar, fruitwood body decorated... Success for a Guitar by Jacques-Philippe Michelot

Jacques-Philippe Michelot (1734-1814), "boat-shaped" guitar, fruitwood body decorated with ivory and ebony purfling, spruce soundboard, Parisian contour decoration and openwork ivory rosette, Paris, c. 1775, body 44 cm/17.3 in, string 64 cm/25.5 in.
Result: €78,000

In the end , the tapestry of Maximilian I's Imperial Hunt and Hawking in the Forest of Soignes did not appear in the afternoon's opening sale, due to the agreement that had been reached in the morning before the sale for a price above…
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HAUTE ÉPOQUE
Friday 09 December 2022 - 14:30 (CET) - Live
164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
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