{"id":109436,"date":"2021-05-12T03:09:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T08:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/all-destinations\/soffrir-un-bout-du-carlton-aux-encheres\/"},"modified":"2021-05-21T09:16:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T14:16:31","slug":"bag-a-piece-of-the-carlton-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/so-luxe\/bag-a-piece-of-the-carlton-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Bag a piece of the Carlton at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s an opportunity you don't get every day, even in Cannes: in preparation for the makeover of the Carlton which will see the hotel close its doors until 2023, its furniture is being offered at online auction by Aguttes until 26 May.<\/h4>\n

The world\u2019s biggest names have stayed at the legendary luxury hotel on La Croisette since its creation in 1913. If these walls could talk, they could recount the first conference of the League of Nations in 1922, the atmosphere on the set of To Catch a Thief<\/em> (1955) starring Grace Kelly and Cary Grant and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and what happened the first time the Hollywood star and Prince Rainier met at the promotion of the film. And why Elton John chose the Carlton as the backdrop for the explosive music video to his hit I\u2019m Still Standing<\/em>, in 1982\u2026<\/p>\n

Legends sometimes need a facelift in order to remain eternal. Which is why the IHG hotel group decided to undertake major renovation works on its Cannes starlet and task Aguttes<\/a> with the auction of 600 lots of its furniture: :<\/p>\n