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Luxury collectibles are now the second-largest revenue stream at Christie’s and Sotheby’s. The houses are not selling watches for the margin, they are buying a client relationship at twenty-five to consign a painting at fifty.
In the world of exceptional craftsmanship, true rarity reaches beyond the creation of new masterpieces. A quiet shift is underway.
Collectors now turn their gaze toward the extraordinary creations of the past, seeking pieces that hold heritage, provenance, and enduring artistry within their very design. Van Cleef & Arpels has answered this growing desire through its Heritage Collection, a curated gathering of authenticated vintage jewels that offers collectors direct passage to some of the maison’s most remarkable twentieth-century creations.
Cartier has unveiled its most dazzling evolution of the Baignoire Collection to date, a portfolio of haute creations that seamlessly fuse high jewelry and luxury watches. Long admired for its quietly confident silhouette, the Baignoire has undergone a bold renaissance—one that speaks to the changing tastes of the world’s most discerning collectors.
