MILAN and PARIS, September 24, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Since 1852, the Drouot auction house has seen a succession of works of art that have built the pages of history. Thanks to a unique inventory in the world, for an estimated value of 900 million euros, it is becoming an essential meeting place for art lovers. Today it has an online offer of over a million items of Fine Arts, Furniture, Art and Collectibles, Luxury Items and Asian Arts.
Heir to a long tradition and with an eye to the future, in 2009, Drouot was a pioneer in the field of the online art market, with a “Live” auction service that allows internet users to participate and bid in real time. , proposing 1.7 million objects of Fine Arts, Furniture and Objects of Art and Collectibles, Luxury Items and Asian Arts.
Thanks to constant updates, aimed at creating a tailor-made experience for demanding connoisseurs or newbies, Drouot has finalized the partnership with the French startup ThePackengers, which processes the cost of transport in real time, so as to know the total cost of the purchase. even before having made an offer, comfortably seated in an armchair.
The smoothness of the site, the breadth of choice available at any time, the wide range of prices (starting from € 20 to reach very high values) and the innovative functionality of instantaneous calculation of the transport cost, testify to the attention that Drouot has towards the public, private buyers and hobby collectors who, in 2020, represented 93% of the platform’s customers.
During 2020, due to the temporary inability to organize physical sales, the platform confirmed its leadership at European level, with a 50% increase in sales. To follow this development, Drouot strengthened its presence by addressing all customers in their native language.
Drouot.it (online from June 2021) offers support to auction houses that face their digital transition, simplifying the use of the platform to which the most famous names have already relied, including: Il Ponte, Cambi, Bertolami , Finarte, Capitolium Arte …
For more information contact:
DROUOT Mathilde FENNEBRESQUE, Communications Manager [email protected]
Or: Business France ItaliaBarbara Galli, [email protected]
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