Drouot art sales up 12 per cent
FRANCE: Auction sales in Paris in the first six months of 2001 totalled Fr2.56bn (£240m), a rise of 10 per cent compared to the same period in 2000. Art sales (as opposed to sales of vehicles or industrial material) showed an even sharper increase, up 12 per cent at Fr2.1bn (£195m).
Drouot chief Dominique Ribeyre has denied press reports that Paris auctioneers have ditched plans to…