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24 Yves Saint Laurent, Jeff Koons: Karl Lagerfeld’s treasures for sale at Sotheby's

Yves Saint Laurent, Jeff Koons: Karl Lagerfeld’s treasures for sale at Sotheby's

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Almost three years after passing away at the age of 85, Karl Lagerfeld is honored through a series of auction sales. Hosted by Sotheby’s both in Monaco and Paris next December, then in Cologne next Spring, these sales will include 1200 lots from the famous fashion designer’s private collection. Amongst contemporary artworks, designer pieces by Martin Szekely or Pierre Charpin, dinner services, luggage sets, but also fashion designs and couture clothing, the auction holds many treasures.

  • CHANEL. Sac cabas en cuir croco noir. Est 2,000-4,000€

    CHANEL. Sac cabas en cuir croco noir. Est 2,000-4,000€ CHANEL. Sac cabas en cuir croco noir. Est 2,000-4,000€
  • Choupette Print. Est 200-300€

    Choupette Print. Est 200-300€ Choupette Print. Est 200-300€
  • KOONS. Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus. Est 20,000-30,000€

    KOONS. Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus. Est 20,000-30,000€ KOONS. Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus. Est 20,000-30,000€
  • MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA. Seau à champagne en acier. Est 300-500€

    MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA. Seau à champagne en acier. Est 300-500€ MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA. Seau à champagne en acier. Est 300-500€
  • NEWSON. Fauteuil Zenith, 2003, aluminium poli et métal laqué. Est 40,000 - 60,000€

    NEWSON. Fauteuil Zenith, 2003, aluminium poli et métal laqué. Est 40,000 - 60,000€ NEWSON. Fauteuil Zenith, 2003, aluminium poli et métal laqué. Est 40,000 - 60,000€
  • Silver and black jacket Saint Laurent, a pair of black leather fingerless gloves with zip Chanel. 2000-4000€

    Silver and black jacket Saint Laurent, a pair of black leather fingerless gloves with zip Chanel. 2000-4000€ Silver and black jacket Saint Laurent, a pair of black leather fingerless gloves with zip Chanel. 2000-4000€
  • SZEKELY. Cinq Consoles 103, 2006, metal. Est 20,000 - 30,000€

    SZEKELY. Cinq Consoles 103, 2006, metal. Est 20,000 - 30,000€ SZEKELY. Cinq Consoles 103, 2006, metal. Est 20,000 - 30,000€
  • Burgundy red velvet jacket SaintLaurent. a pair of silver leather firgerless gloves. 2000-4000€

    Burgundy red velvet jacket SaintLaurent. a pair of silver leather firgerless gloves. 2000-4000€ Burgundy red velvet jacket SaintLaurent. a pair of silver leather firgerless gloves. 2000-4000€
  • SUE et MARE. Paire de fauteuils, bois laque et garniture en cuir. Est 8,000-12,000€

    SUE et MARE. Paire de fauteuils, bois laque et garniture en cuir. Est 8,000-12,000€ SUE et MARE. Paire de fauteuils, bois laque et garniture en cuir. Est 8,000-12,000€
  • SZEKELY. Console, corian noir et nid d'abeille aluminium. Est 15,000-20,000€

    SZEKELY. Console, corian noir et nid d'abeille aluminium. Est 15,000-20,000€ SZEKELY. Console, corian noir et nid d'abeille aluminium. Est 15,000-20,000€
  • TOKIDOKI X KARL LAGERFELD. MR Black & White. PVC métal et strass. Est 200-300€

    TOKIDOKI X KARL LAGERFELD. MR Black & White. PVC métal et strass. Est 200-300€ TOKIDOKI X KARL LAGERFELD. MR Black & White. PVC métal et strass. Est 200-300€
  • VASCONCELOS. Choupette. Est 5,000-7,000€

    VASCONCELOS. Choupette. Est 5,000-7,000€ VASCONCELOS. Choupette. Est 5,000-7,000€

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“It’s important to keep yourself updated with everything. I want to know everything in all fields possible”, Karl Lagerfeld once said. Almost three years after his passing, the iconic fashion designer keeps inspiring us with a creativity and curiosity that have enlivened the fashion industry for over nearly six decades. In addition to his well- known drawings, photographs, and abundant collections for Chloé, Fendi, then Chanel – whom he was the artistic director for 38 years – Karl Lagerfeld is also recognized as a great aesthete, who owned numerous artworks, accessories, and design pieces from different eras. Today, Karl Lagerfeld’s estate is composed by all that heritage, with a proud record of over a hundred pieces that once belonged to the fashion designer. Next month, some parts of the collection will be displayed at Sotheby’s auction house and then be sold to the highest bidders following these three steps: a primary selection in Monaco on December 5th, a second one in Paris on December 15th, and finally a third one in Cologne in Spring 2022. This large panel of 1200 lots from Karl Lagerfeld’s collection has just revealed its treasures in the auction house’s online catalogue.

 

Among other items, one can find several self-portraits as tokens of a designer’s sense of humor who knew how to shape his own image into a brand. One can thus recall the unique ribbon he used to tie his white hair down in a ponytail, his black sunglasses, his fingerless leather gloves, and his ebony three-piece suits, all in an illustration made by the artist John Baldessari. There also are a resin-made bust by Nicolas Tempé, a figurine designed by Tokidoki, and of course, his famous cat Choupette as the central piece of both a mischievous print and a sculpture crafted by Joanna V asconcelos. As a design aficionado, Karl Lagerfeld has collected multiple contemporary designers’ pieces over the years, such as tables and consoles by the French designer Martin Szekely – some of them will be part of the auction – a silver armchair by Marc Newson, as well as translucid chairs and tables by Konstantin Grcic that go along with several china or glass dinner services and Art Deco furniture. Other big names of the fashion industry stand alongside the fashion designer’s one in the collection dedicated to him: Yves Saint Laurent, from whom he owned a number of original drawings and clothes, Martin Margiela, from whom he had both a leather vest and champagne buckets, but also Christian Dior and Comme des Garçons. Among the lots, one can notice a small fuchsia balloon sculpture by Jeff Koons, estimated between €20,000 and €30,000, or an extensive collection of luggage items by Goyard Malletier, including a jewelry box varying between €2,000 and €3,000.

 

 

Karl Lagerfeld’ Estate, exhibitions then sales from December 3rd to December 5th, 2021, at Sotheby's Monaco, and from December 14th to December 15th, 2021, at Sotheby's Paris.