Virtual tour: Classic Art in Paris

This May, Christie’s Paris presents three live auctions and one online-only sale spanning Old Master drawings, rare books, scientific instruments, fine and decorative arts. Discover high craft for the home in The Collector: Le Goût Français, important manuscripts by Voltaire, Proust and Aragon in Livres rares et manuscrits, superb drawings by the Tiepolo family in Dessins anciens et du XIXe siècle, and a Degas self-portrait in Collection Edmond Cormier-Thierry-Delanoue (1879–1960). Access our live sales via Christie’s LIVE™ on 26 and 27 May, and bid on our online auction until 29 May.

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