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Thirty-somethings and heritage enthusiasts: a new wind is blowing among antique dealers

2024-03-01T06:23:38.453Z

Highlights: Thirty-somethings and heritage enthusiasts: a new wind is blowing among antique dealers. For many French people, walking through the door of an antiques store is, in fact, akin to entering an untidy and dark place. However, at Marius Simon in Eure, at Mathieu Py, in Perpignan, as at Julien Leroy, in Angers, and Anna Currenti, in Bordeaux, there is much more light than shadow.


SURVEY - The Marcus Prize, newly created to reward new dealers, who are in the process of rejuvenating the profession of antique dealer and second-hand dealer. But who are these thirty-somethings who choose to embark on a seemingly unmodern profession?


It's a world that we imagine to be a little dusty.

A cozy and nostalgic universe, like these magic shops nestled at the end of an alley, hidden in the twists and turns of a flea market or drawn from the imagination of JK Rowling, in her Harry Potter saga .

A bit like those timeless cabinets of curiosities that one could once see in the home of an old collector uncle, kind and mysterious.

For many French people, walking through the door of an antiques store is, in fact, akin to entering an untidy and dark place, where a hoary merchant sleeps, watching over treasures and works of art waiting to be sold. find an informed buyer.

Caroline Thieffry, 30 years old, nabi paint specialist.

Olivier Coret

A new lease of life for the profession

However, at Marius Simon in Eure, at Mathieu Py, in Perpignan, as at Julien Leroy, in Angers, and Anna Currenti, in Bordeaux, or in the Artwins gallery, in Paris, where Alix Basier and Caroline Thieffry, there is much more light than shadow, and the objects are there to…

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