Antoine Louis BARYE (1796-1875)

The Petiet Collection: Latest sale The provenance of the works played a major role in the latest Petiet sale organised by the Ader Nordmann auction house on 25 and 26 November 2017 at the Opéra-comique in Paris. After 25 years of sales, this 50th and final sale of the Henri Petiet Collection attracted dealers and collectors […]

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In the 19th century, art lovers fell for a new form of sculpture where the animal was king. Animal sculpture is still popular today with price levels up by 100% over the last 10 years.

After ten years of relative neglect, the Barbizon School could now gradually move back into the limelight

The booming sculpture market of 1997-2003 brought an explosion in the prices of certain sculptors, including Rembrandt BUGATTI (+317%), Charles VALTON (+217%) and Édouard Marcel SANDOZ (+93%). Their gains were typical of the renewed market interest in animal sculpture.