At best, he thought he would leave with five or ten 100-euro bills in his pocket. But, this Thursday in the Sophie Davant show "Affaire concluded" on France 2, Tristan, a BTS student in electrical engineering, sold much more expensive the golden bronze statue that hung around the family staircase, before his mother moved. A property, which has become bulky, passed on from generation to generation. In fact, "an exceptional object" signed Thomire, named after the greatest sculptor of the Empire period, during the reign of Napoleon (from 1804 to 1815).
“When Harold Hessel, the show's expert, first estimated it at 7,000 euros, I was already on my ass, tells us the happy seller from Nîmes. I had learned about a potential value by looking on the Internet, but I did not know if it was a replica or a real one. "
This Thursday, the auction started at 1,000 euros, to climb, climb and reach the record sum of 16,500 euros. " It's crazy. I was aiming for 10,000 euros, ”says Tristan, a fan of“ Deal concluded ”, which he watches after his lessons. It was the collector Pierre-Jean Chalençon who put the most money on the table.
Gifts for the family and 1000 euros in taxes
"He made me come in," says the young man who lives in a student apartment. To raise the stakes, I offered to sell myself with the statue. I got into his game. ”
At the end of the recording in September, Tristan therefore received the largest check in the history of the program hosted by Sophie Davant. Nothing to do, of course, with the astronomical amounts of the Euro Millions, but all the same.
"I was able to pay my mother's moving expenses and give a lot of gifts to my parents, my grandparents as well as my sister and my brother," slips the man who also works as a salesperson in an Intermarket in addition to odd jobs in building. "
As he sold an object of art of more than 5000 euros, he also had to donate a percentage to the taxes. "It cost me 1,000 euros," says Tristan. In the end, I still have a quarter of the money I plan to invest in a purchase and then make rental property. "
The sculpture took place in the buyer's palace
He had mainly come for the experience of filming a TV show. "The atmosphere was very nice, the team puts us at ease and all the costs are advanced," says Tristan. He especially hooked up with Pierre-Jean Chalençon "very pleasant" and Julien Cohen, the other star buyer of the successful afternoon program of France 2.
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What about his Thomire? “My grandmother came across a report on the life of Pierre-Jean during the holidays. And in his palace ( note: rue Vivienne in Paris ), there was our restored statue. That's great. "
The previous sales record was dated October 3, 2019. That day, a lion cub by Roger Godchaux was also estimated at 7,000 euros. Before being bought 12,750 euros by Caroline Pons. It was already better than the 9,300 euros paid by Pierre-Jean Chalençon last April in a "Chasse aux objets", for sixteen prints by Picasso published in 1958 or the 8,000 euros paid by Alexandra Morel for a Daume lamp in February.
