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| Charles A. Whitaker Auction Company Image. See complete listing here. |
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| Charles A. Whitaker Auction Company Image. Fortuny Delphos Gown. Sold lot. Their vintage couture and designer auctions have some must have items for the serious collector. Examples like 1950s Christian Dior, French 1920s Couture and a Fortuny Delphos 1930s Gown appeared on the block. Stunning as the YSL necklace is I don't think anyone expected it realize same price that of the Delphos gown was estimated to sell for that day. I know I was not prepared for the final price when the gavel hit-$8,000! Now I had my eye on this particular piece and actually purchased some others items from them for my store/collection. That said the original auction estimate was around $250 which did not seem unreasonable until you look closer. From what I know of YSL there were the designer level pieces made by Monet for YSL with a cut out YSL in the horizontal box, the signed and numbered or Limited edition items and then couture jewelry. Tag style of course letting you in on which is which. However, tags are not always the whole story as this tag below can be on couture and non couture pieces. Many of the haute couture pieces confirmed my same collector source have no tag. Whatever the reason for the sale price, I was stunned at that necklace and many other wonderful vintage pieces of fashion that day. After speaking to a very knowledgeable collector of YSL jewelry she confirmed it was haute couture and very special having obvious influence from the African collection. She also was pretty sure if "something YSL goes that high the Yves Saint Laurent foundation is probably bidding". See the link for more on the auction company and their upcoming events. As of now the November 2012 auction is up but this link will be updated closer to the next sale. |
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| Close up image of tag. Charles A. Whitaker Auction Company Image. |
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