Artcurial is a French auction house which has its headquarters at the historic

Hôtel Marcel Dassault The Hôtel Marcel Dassault is a hôtel particulier in Paris, France. Location It is located at 7 Rond-point des Champs-Elysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. History It was built in 1844. It was acquired by Marcel Dassault in 1952. Since ...

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History

In 2001,

Nicolas Orlowski Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

acquired the Artcurial Gallery from

L'Oréal L'Oréal S.A. () is a French personal care company headquartered in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine with a registered office in Paris. It is the world's largest cosmetics company and has developed activities in the field concentrating on hair color, ...

.Béatrice De Rochebouet
Nicolas Orlowski, monsieur Artcurial
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'', June 24, 2014 He hired auctioneers Francis Briest, Hervé Poulain and Rémy Le Fur, and established an auction house by the same name. It is a subsidiary of the

Dassault Group Dassault Group (; also GIM Dassault or Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault SAS) is a French corporate group, group of companies established in 1929 with the creation of Société des Avions Marcel Bloch (now Dassault Aviation) by Marcel Dassault, a ...

.Dassault Group: Artcurial
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Michel Pastor Michel Pastor (1944 – 2 February 2014) was an heir, businessman and art collector from Monaco. Early life Michel Pastor was born in 1944.Claire LathburyMichel Pastor dies aged 70, ''The Monaco Times'', 3 February 2014 His father, Gildo Pasto ...

was a shareholder until his death in 2014.Marie-Pierre Grondahl
L'héritière est décédée: Qui en veut aux Pastor?
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'', May 21, 2014 As of 2014, it was the third largest auction house in Paris after Christie's and

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* * French auction houses Companies based in Paris Retail companies established in 2001 Dassault family {{France-company-stub