Cartier

Does anyone have an explanation for the insanely high prices most Cartier pieces achieved at yesterday’s Sotheby’sauction? In my opinion, Cartier produces fairly average work …and I don’t mean that negatively. I own a Santos myself, but it’s nothing more ...  

Public auction data does not confirm whether the buyer paid in full, and neither whether the buyer was independent. Similarly, whether the bid was later quietly retracted. These things can and do happen occasionally in the art & watch world. So these ... 

Can winning bids be retracted without penalty, or did you mean retracted bid immediately after placing it?

There are no preset rules, and if the end game is creating publicity/hype, then there can well be pre-agreed penalty prices. I cannot know whether this is happening, but I am saying it can technically happen. Well, each (manufacturer) to his own. Not so i... 

Marc

If I am being honest I wouldn't even be a buyer of any of those watches even at the low estimate nevermind what they actually achieved. As I think I may of mentioned a couple of times before this is what happens when governments just magic money into exis... 

But it’s the difference between buying a watch and investing in an asset. Watch buyers want to own a watch. Investors want an asset to appreciate.

My question is how far off the estimates are from the selling price. Something doesn’t add up.

During this time, London, Paris, New York, were producing their own designs, cases and dials. There were a number of different movements in them too. They are rare and in some cases unique.

Seems Cartier London is the most prized collectable.

Apparently London were the most experimental (well it was the 60s 😵‍💫)

I was after the Lange Tourbillon “Pour le Mérite”, but it went way passed my bid too.

a bit hard to explain. Cartier is a brand with a certain prestige and a rich history in terms of case shapes. I imagine that owning one of these rare shapes has become trendy... Best, Emmanuel