SALE STRATEGY: THE EXCEPTIONAL SALE SALE PLAN: THE EXCEPTIONAL SALE, DECEMBER 2014 We propose offering your Louis XIV Bureau Plat by Andre-Charles Boulle in our highly successful Exceptional Sale platform in December 2014. A unique platform for the very best of the decorative arts, The Exceptional Sale is a highly selective offering of the finest furniture, silver, ceramics, clocks and sculpture made from the 16th century to the modern age. Each work of art in The Exceptional Sale exemplifies excellence in design, craftsmanship, materials, condition and provenance. The extraordinary display of quality in The Exceptional Sale presents a singular opportunity to engage today's top global collectors. Christie's most elite clients have endorsed The Exceptional Sale since its inception in 2008, driving its unmatched success and far outstripping the rival sale by our closest competitor. Christie's inaugural New York Exceptional Sale in will be held on December 10, 2014, capping the all-important fall auction season. A special preview of The Exceptional Sale will take place in our Rockefeller Center galleries in November, when the world's top collectors gather at Christie's. In November 2013, Christie's New York sold over $1 billion of art. Registered bidders hailed from 42 countries and 16 new world auction records were set. Promoted alongside the season's top Contemporary, Modern, Post-War and Impressionist pictures, the decorative arts of The Exceptional Sale will be integral to Christie's 2014 roll call of great art. A SEVRES PORCELAIN ORMOLU- MOUNTED BLUE-GROUND VASE- CLOCK AND COVER Estimate: E120.000-180.000 Price realized: E433,875 ChnstieY London, The Exceptional Sale, July 2013 PURCHASED BY THE CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES CHRISTIE'S EXCEPTIONAL SALE VS. SOTHEBY'S TREASURES SALE £30,000,000 £25,000,000 £20,000,000 £15,000,000 £10,000,000 £5,000,000 I I • CHRISTIE'S 2011 2012 2013 EFTA00597787