Review the performance of the auction house Drouot (Drouot)

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France's largest economic newspaper Les Echos published a review of the results of the auction house Drouot (Drouot), which refers to the global recession of the French art market
"The organized conservatism," "minimal control", "closed the statutory system" and "outdated methods of work, not to mention the" low quality products "- such are the conclusions reached by the committee established on behalf of the French Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (Michèle Alliot-Marie) after the scandal the theft of a large number of works of art, occurred in early 2010.
According to the antiquary Herve Aaron (Hervé Aaron) «Results of the commission, as set out in the report were even more shocking than expected, and now the time for reform and modernization Drouot".
"The scandal overblown media becomes a matter of national scale and to sustain the art market in a viable state requires radical measures", - notes Agyutt Claude (Claude Aguttes), a well-known art dealer who, in particular, in the 90-ies. brought tens of thousands of works of art from Russia.
According to the study of the largest information-analytical Internet resource Artprice, through Drouot by 46,5%of deals with works of art and 23%of auction sales in France. The report says the urgency of establishing a working group to develop a strategy to restore and strengthen the international status of Drouot.
The crisis of the French art market is largely in the fact that for a long time, France is losing its position in the global art space. And if a few years ago the French (along with the British and Americans), it would seem, forever entrenched in the top three strongest players on the world art market, but today China has deprived France of leadership.
This is highlighted by an original roster: if in 2005 Drouot significantly faster than Christie's and Sotheby's in terms of sales in France, but today it is not only behind them, but and moved to 9 th place, behind the Austrian and a Chinese auction houses.
In addition to strengthening the status of Drouot, the report highlights the need for "greater transparency" of the art market. In particular, the question on the application of modern technologies for marking works of art in order to guarantee the authenticity and provenance (ownership history). Despite the fact that in France legally determined 10-year guarantee of authenticity, the cases appear in the auction dubious works are not uncommon.
Changes in the statute Drouot will restructure its capital and make the organization open to potential investors, private individuals or companies. In addition, we plan to allow shareholders to acquire more than 5%of the shares, says Les Echos.