On this February sale, most light was shed on high end 19th century pieces. From 520 items offered for sale, about 410 found a new owner. A rare armoured vase, after a Kändler model from 1741-42 (lot 16), easily doubled its estimate and ended at 13000 euros. Collectors in the room had to compete with ardent bidders online, mainly from Russia, especially when it came to bronzes. A mantle piece (lot 91) was sold for 6800 euros, whereas a majestic Boule clockwork (lot 110) ended at 7500 euros and a pair of mounted vases (lot 96) at 6800 euros. A ’mounted falconer’ by Pierre-Jules Mène (lot 202) was sold to a dealer on the phone at 10000 euros. But it was the ’Sirène’ by Denis Pierre Puech (lot 280) that set fire to the sale when it was hammered at 8600 euros. The same eagerness to buy was shown when paintings from the same period appeared on the block. A 1899 panel by André Plumot (lot 177) went to an amateur in the room for no less than 10000 euros, whereas a reclining nude by the fairly unknown artist Jean-Denis Caucannier (lot 178) left the block for a stunning 18500 euros. The most fought for and sought after piece of the sale however was a towering depiction of an oriental lady with tambourine by Paul La Boulaye (lot 47), as it was carried away by a bidder on the phone at a breathtaking 40000 euros.