The auction of a portion of the former CHANEL artistic director’s holdings at Sotheby’s brought in four-times the pre-sale estimates.
Fashion sketches included “Les trois muses Inès, Anna et Vicky” that went for 203,200 euros, and three “scrapbook” notebooks from the mid-’80s that took in 152,400 euros.
A fan on which Lagerfeld had written “March 7th for Lorraine, for Lorraine, for Lorraine, Paris” changed hands for 82,500 euros.gloves sold for 47,880 euros, while a Saint Laurent Paris black velvet jacket took in 35,280 euros. A Rolls-Royce Phantom from 2018 went under the hammer for 439,500 euros. Lagerfeld had a penchant for exceptional furniture from the 20th and 21st centuries. The eight-part sale of his estate, which includes more than 1,000 items, also includes fine art, collectibles, tableware and personal objects, including household linens, his three Rolls-Royces, more than 200 fingerless gloves and a weathered Chanel tote in black croc, and a selection of suit jackets by Dior, Saint Laurent, Comme des Garçons and Martin Margiela.
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