Fine Arts

Dragon-slaying badge among many rare treasures in Rothschild auction

Christie’s New York is offering 708 items from descendants of the French branch of the famed banking family in a number of auctions

Many outstanding museum-quality treasures are coming under the hammer in the Rothschild Masterpieces sale. Picture: Emilie Lebeuf

It has been said that ‘when a Rothschild starts a collection, it always ends as a museum’. The family’s rich 19th century aesthetic became known as le goût Rothschild and influenced ‘the Gilded Age elites’, including the Rockefellers, Astors and Vanderbilts.

Christie’s New York is offering 708 treasures from descendants of the French branch of the famed banking family through a series of auctions starting on October 11 with a 60-lot evening sale of paintings, ...