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THE AGUTTES auction house welcomes ELIO GUERIN as WATCH Specialist

Updated November 21, 2019 by redak

The Aguttes house is very enthusiastic about the idea of ​​strengthening its Watches department with the arrival of Elio Guerin as a specialist.

Elio specializes in old and collectible watches and, more particularly, in diving, chronograph and complication watches such as this white gold Patek Philippe with perpetual calendar which will be offered for sale on November 27.
He will organize four sales a year and is currently preparing his next sale of watches collection to be held in March 2020 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

A graduate of Law and Art History at the Sorbonne, Elio will bring his experience as head of a Watch department acquired in another auction house. With interior designer Tristan Auer, he orchestrated the dispersal of a set of watches on the theme of Commander Cousteau, a piece of which having belonged to one of his divers, was sold for €56. It is also at the origin of notable auctions such as the Rolex Submariner 000, sold for €5514.

If the capitals of Geneva and Hong Kong historically concentrate the majority of watch auctions, it is in Paris, capital of luxury and stronghold of the art market, that watch collectors find serious expertise and transparency, essential elements for purchasing.

 

ABOUT AGUTTES Auction House
Founded in 1974, Aguttes is the leading independent French auction house. With an international sales room located in western Paris and representative offices already present in Lyon and Brussels, Aguttes is an alternative to the leaders of the art market. Its 1 specialized departments enable the dispersal of large French collections and regularly record auction records. More than 15% of its buyers are international. The house is also one of the major players in Drouot where it delivered the highest annual auctions in 75, 2015, 2017.

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Pauline Boddaert

Pauline Boddaert, originally from Lille, has an impressive career in the field of art and communication. She started as an associate at the Plaisance expertise firm, specializing in 20th century decorative arts for the Aguttes study, where she worked for two years. Subsequently, she joined Ze Design Agency as a project manager for a year, before working as a gallery assistant at Galerie Michel Giraud for a year. In 2014, Pauline founded We Art Galerie in Lille, where she served as CEO for almost five years. There she managed stock procurement, the sales force, as well as marketing and communications activities. At the same time, she was editor-in-chief at AuctionLab for two years and five months, where she was responsible for writing articles on the art market, SEO, community management, and management in general. Pauline also worked as editor-in-chief at Bidtween for a year, where she conducted interviews with personalities from the art and culture market, hosted TV shows and managed press relations. She then joined MAY ASSOCIES, where she held the position of director of marketing communications for three years and two months, and that of auctioneer's clerk for three years and one month in Roubaix. Currently, Pauline is based in Paris and has worked for ARTCENTO as operations director and press officer for two years and three months. She has also been a journalist specializing in the art market for Antiquités Brocante and Beaux Arts Magazine for five years and three months. With such a rich and diverse career, Pauline Boddaert is undoubtedly an emblematic figure in the world of art and communication in France.

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