Sophie Davant: these Concluded Affair objects bought by the off-air host

On the occasion of the next bonusDeal Concluded on France 2, Sophie Davant indulged in a few secrets about the objects she personally bought on the show.

This Tuesday, January 10, Deal Concluded offers a new prime time on France 2! Whether Sophie Davant and its team of experts have already relocated to the châteaux of Cheverny and Méridon, but also to the south of France, thanks to archival footage and costumes from different decades worn by the presenter and auctioneers that this new issue will take us on a journey through time. Among the nuggets unearthed for this special evening devoted to mythical objects of the 20th century, one of them particularly marked the host of the auction show. It is the dress worn by Edith Piaf during her performances at the Olympia in 1957.

The favorites of Sophie Davant in Affaire Conclue

“It was very moving because the gentleman (the seller of the dress, editor’s note) is a real collector of Edith Piaf pieces. He was very moved to have to part with it“ told former presenter It’s a story during a press conference. If Sophie Davant admitted not having bought Edith Piaf’s dress because of its price, she reveals that she has already had real crushes on other items sold on the show. “When I crack, I buy from one of our buyers. In general, they are nice to me, they do not resell me the objects more expensive than they bought it“ explains the facilitator. Among its nuggets, Sophie Davant cites in particular a basket lamp from Maison Jansen or small paintings “where we see boats and the sea“. “I’ll be tempted on every show if I listen to myself, but I try to be reasonable” she reveals.

A curiosity for objects born thanks to Affaire Conclue

Sophie Davant, who had some doubts before agreeing to be at the helm of the show, explains this tendency to accumulation by “a pronounced taste for decoration, warm universes and aesthetics“. She also laments not “being minimalist at all”. Since presenting the show Deal Concluded, the presenter also explains that her relationship to objects has changed. “At the rate of the viewers, I learned to return objects, to look for signatures, to spot the exceptional and to look at objects differently. Like the viewers who are always there to watch the dailies of Affaire Conclue, which achieve very good ratings, the host seems far from tired of discovering objects from the past.