Intimate letters, photos and other items said to be worth about $800,000.00. Did you get to bid?
And this link from the BBC news: More about the auctioned items
Sotheby's in Paris conducted the auction May 31, 2016. I can just imagine Proust writing about such an event. Maybe some of his characters were there. Anyone from the Jockey Club? Certainly Swann, and maybe a Duke and Duchess or two. Can you imagine the scene? Some tension, enemies crossing paths, the Verdurins snubbed and snubbing. The bids, the fear of exposure when such personal items go on the auction block. One is almost tempted to write such a scene.
This is the time of year everyone would have been at the beach hotels (or private residences), so it was a good thing they had the auction before the summer season started.
I have been terribly negligent with this blog. Reading. Writing. Cooking. Gardening. Family stuff.
Forgive?
Here's an extra: Who made Proust swoon?
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