Ulrike Christina Goetz: Life Outside Major Auction Houses

After 27 years at Sotheby's Paris, where she founded the sculpture and objets d'art department in 1997, Ulrike Christina Goetz left in 2024 and established her own advisory firm, Ulrike Christina Goetz Art Advisory, with an office on Rue de la Paix. Her departure was unexpected, driven by Sotheby's restructuring under Patrick Drahi since 2019, which cut about 100 jobs across London, Paris, and New York and replaced senior specialists with younger, cheaper consultants. Goetz now offers expertise, brokerage, and estate inventory services, and has been approved by the Syndicat français des experts professionnels. She shares office space with Alexis Bordes and Francesca Pagliari, fostering synergy. Her network includes collectors like the Clergue family, and she maintains ties in Germany. Goetz's expertise spans from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, focusing on sculpture, casting techniques, terracotta, and Limoges enamels. She notes the market's selectivity post-pandemic, with quality works still sought by European, American, and Asian collectors.