Ritz Paris hotel to auction 12 million euros worth of memorabilia

Record ID: 1112462

  • Title: Ritz Paris hotel to auction 12 million euros worth of memorabilia
  • Date: 11th April 2018
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (APRIL 11, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (French) AUCTIONEER, STEPHANE AUBERT, SAYING: "We start with quite low estimations [of lot prices] since the first price is 100 euros. You could have a collection of eight ashtrays at 100 euros, the ashtrays have the name 'Ritz' on them. And you then have much higher prices - the torch carriers for example, they are larg
  • Embargoed: 25th April 2018 13:11
  • Keywords: Ritz hotel auction Artcurial Coco Chanel luxury hotel Ernest Hemingway Paris France
  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • City: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA0058AZKEAH
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The prestigious Ritz hotel in Paris is preparing to auction off close to 3,500 artefacts accumulated over the last century, including 1930s beds, sofas, Hemingway-era bar stools, and items from the Coco Chanel suite.
    The hotel underwent an extensive four year renovation, re-opening in June 2016, and after this overhaul decided to auction off the vast quantity of decorations and furniture pieces that no longer had a place in the newly modernized design.
    Artcurial, the auction house handling the sale, has reconstructed a selection of the most luxurious rooms in their offices, allowing potential buyers to view the objects in their natural environment, with dressers, beds, and tables set up identically to the actual hotel.
    Among the most interesting pieces are the hotel's first bathtub - stemming from the hotelier Cesar Ritz's revolutionary idea to furnish each of his guests' rooms with its own individual bath.
    With 120 years of history, the Ritz has hosted some of the most world's celebrated figures. Ernest Hemingway, Coco Chanel, and the billionaire Rockefeller family are just some of the guests who have made the Ritz their home away from home, with Chanel even dying in the luxury hotel.
    The auction will take place between April 17-21.
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