The firm
A graduate gemmologist, Annabelle Cukierman examines, documents and brings to auction jewellery, watches and silver.
Partner auction houses
Boisgirard Antonini (two generations of trust) · Castor Hara · Biarritz Enchères (annual sale at the Hôtel du Palais) · Baron Ribeyre · Armor Enchères · Drouot
Independent of every auction house
Each piece goes to the house and the sale best suited to its market.
The right sale, never an imposed one
The firm works with several partner auction houses: each piece is presented in the house and the auction best suited to its nature and its market.
One expert, from examination to hammer
The expert who examines the piece is the one who describes it in the catalogue, champions it to buyers and follows it through to the hammer.
Buyers beyond borders
A 1925 Cartier necklace entrusted to the firm was acquired by an American collector without a prior viewing: the expert description and the dossier are enough to carry a piece across borders.
Expertise in four steps
Examination
Stones, metals, hallmarks, condition: under the loupe and with instruments.
Research
Signatures, provenance, comparable auction results.
Estimate
A value range against the auction market.
Report
The findings, set down in a report given to the client.
Estates and collections
We work alongside heirs and notaries, from inventory to sale.
Inventory by appointment
Pieces are examined and described on site or at the firm; no prior photographs required.
Confidentiality
Each file stays between you and the firm, from first contact to sale. Public lot pages never name a client.
Working with the notary
We work with the notary or adviser in charge: timetable, documents, division between heirs.
The right sales
A collection is not dispersed in one go as a matter of course: each piece joins the sale best suited to its market.
Gemmology, business law, art history
- Graduate gemologist
- Professor at the GIC (Gemological Institute of China, Wuhan)
- Former professor at the Institut National de Gemmologie, Paris
- Master’s degree in business law (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
- Master’s degree in art history (Université Paris IV)
