The wardrobe of Catherine Deneuve designed by Yves Saint Laurent achieved a total of $1,025,581 at Christie’s in Paris last night. The auction lasted 5 hours, witnessing fierce competition from around the globe. The sale was 100% sold and 90% of all 129 lots sold multiple times above their pre-sale estimates. The top lot was the Haute Couture evening ensemble of the unique and very sought after Russian Collection, which Mr. Saint Laurent designed for the Fall/Winter collection of 1977/78. Selling at €52,500 it surpassed its high pre-sale estimate by 10 times. A short beaded dress designed by Yves Saint Laurent for the Spring/Summer collection of 1969, which the actress wore when she met Alfred Hitchcock the same year in company of Philippe Noiret and François Truffaut, sold for €42,500 against a pre-sale estimate of €3,000-5,000. Amongst the most sought-after pieces was the famous YSL smoking which she wore at the occasion of Yves Saint Laurent’s 20th anniversary celebration. It set a new world auction record for any smoking at €20,000.
The online-only sale offers another 140 items from Catherine Deneuve’s YSL wardrobe and will conclude on January 30.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for January 13, 2019)
The 1977 Russian Collection Photo Jean Luce Hure
Smoking set a new world record
