MAXIME CHARRON

Expert

A graduate in Archeology and a Master's degree from the École du Louvre, Maxime Charron cut his teeth at Christie's during the sale of the Saint Laurent-Bergé collection, then trained with expert Cyrille Boulay at within the Coutau-Bégarie auctioneer's office where, for five years, he was responsible for sales of Russian art and Historical memorabilia. He moved in independently in 2014 and created the Royal Provenance gallery, to satisfy his passion for history and his desire to discover still hidden treasures. This has since led him to exhibit in prestigious fairs such as Fine Arts Paris and Tefaf Maastricht, and to sell for many museums around the world.

At the same time, in 2019 he created his expertise firm to meet an ever-growing demand for expertise and advice from Parisian and provincial auction houses, individual clients and public and private institutions. This is how today a hundred auctioneers trust him to appraise their works of Russian art, historical souvenirs and objects of Vertu. On May 30, 2018, for his first sale of Russian art at Millon, he sold a set of diamonds from the Order of the White Eagle for €1,113,000.


In 2023, his 'cabinet' achieved 5.2 million euros in auctions, out of a total of 3,600 items appraised in 173 different auction houses. Its appraised objects experience several pre-emptions from French museums each year, notably two from the Louvre Museum in 2022, for a triptych icon and a Sèvres porcelain plate, clearly revealing the diversity of its areas of expertise and the renewed confidence that those involved in the art market gives it.


expert@maxime-charron.com

+33 6 5000 6551


MAROUSSIA TARASSOV‑VIEILLEFON

JUNIOR SPECIALIST

After studying art history, Maroussia Tarassov-Vieillefon also obtained the same Master's degree at the École du Louvre specializing in the Art Market. His thesis on “The market for Russian paintings” earned her the congratulations of the jury.

Specialized in Russian art and particularly in Pictures, she has been assisting Maxime Charron in his expertise since 2019. Her missions within the ‘cabinet’ essentially consist of the organization of four sales of Russian art per year at Millon, the most important sales of Russian art in Europe twice a year, at Drouot.


She notably participated with Maxime Charron in the sale of a Rückert kovsh for Fabergé on December 16, 2020 at Millon (€201,500), in the sale of a diamond set Order of St Alexander Nevsky on November 27, 2021 at Millon (€338,000), or at the sale of the Focillon-Baltrusaitis icon collection at De Baecque on May 13, 2022 (€407,050 in 15 lots). Among the paintings she has appraised, let us cite an Ivan Aïvazovsky sold at Millon on June 1, 2021 (€124,800), and more recently the record obtained by the portrait of P. Suvorov by Konstantin Korovine (€414,800) on January 27, 2024 at Vernon with Maître Brioult.

maroussia@maxime-charron.com
+33 6 5062 5192