Originally planned for March, the final auction of Karl Lagerfeld's estate will now take place on May 4 and 5 at Sotheby's in Cologne. There is also an online auction for which bids can be placed from now until May 6. The auctions in Paris and Monaco have already been a resounding success and many objects saw enormous price increases.
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It remains to be seen whether this will also be the case for the evening sale on May 4 and the day sale on May 5 in Cologne, as well as for the online auction. However, the exciting selection of objects speaks for itself. Here are some highlights:
A wide selection of Karl Lagerfeld memorabilia is up for auction, testifying to his passion for beautiful things and a keen sense of style. You can bid on the black jackets, fingerless gloves and sunglasses that Karl used to create his iconic look, as well as on decorative objects and furniture from the Art Deco period, as well as from modern and contemporary designers.
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An absolute highlight is also the collection of vintage advertising posters and film posters from the German silent film era, which Karl Lagerfeld collected extensively. He said in an interview with Vogue in 2016, "I love the graphic side of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari… I'm an expert in German silent film. Each image is an image and I like that."
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The film Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), a 1920 German horror film directed by Robert Wiene, is considered "a milestone in silent film history and the most influential German Expressionist film of all time.
In 2012, Karl Lagerfeld bought the only German poster designed by Fritz Rotstadt for the film at an auction in California for $132,000. Now it's back at auction this May with an estimate of $84,000-126,000.
Examples of Karl's own artistic talent are also up for auction, including fashion sketches and early drawings from around 1950, and illustrations he made in 1990 for the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes. Who would have been better suited for this than the fashion czar "Kaiser Karl"?
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