For all those that love collecting perfume bottles, this may be some encouraging news from an auction which saw over 250 perfume bottles under the hammer. According to a local newspaper, an engraved Guerlain bottle from 870 fetched the record sum of €45,600 (approximately AUD64,850) at an auction in the city of Arcachon, in the southwest of France.

The perfume flacon, engraved with the house’s original address, Rue de la Paix, was initially expected to fetch €20,000 to €30,000 at the auction organised by Arcachon auction house Toledano.

The sale took place in the presence of French fragrance expert Bernard Gangler with 80 percent of bidders being French. Exceptions included participants from Russia, India, and China, who called in via telephone. Ooh la la la…

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