and economic and accounting subjects
Civil law:
General concepts on:
-property: classification of property, movables, methods of acquiring ownership, possession, usufruct;
-obligations: sources, proof, effects, extinction;
civil liability;
contract: classification, formation and effects;
-special contracts: sale (general regulations and special regulations for sales of movable property at public auction), deposit, sequestration, mandate, leasing and hire-purchase;
security interests: surety, pledge, movable privileges;
prescription;
persons;
the family: marriage, divorce, legal separation, filiation, matrimonial regimes;
inheritance and gifts.
Commercial law:
General concepts on:
means of payment and credit;
commercial pledge;
pledge of tools and equipment;
business: constituent elements, pledge, sale;
commercial companies.
Law on the sale of furniture by public auction:
Voluntary and judicial sales: concepts and distinctions; applicable texts.
Taxes on sales;
Resale rights;
Interventions by the State: right of pre-emption and classification of works as national treasures;
Imports and exports of works of art;
Illegal trafficking in works of art.
The fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
Status of operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction and persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales.
Organisation and powers of the council of auction houses.
Deontology and discipline.
Professional civil liability.
Economics and accounting:
The operation of markets:
the delimitation of the relevant market;
the supply function;
the demand function;
the equilibrium of the market in competition.
Imperfect markets:
monopoly markets;
oligopoly markets;
the role of information asymmetries;
auction markets.
Competitive strategies:
the temptation to collude;
differentiation strategies;
exclusion strategies.
Accounting and finance:
-accounting principles;
-notion of depreciation and provisions.
Understanding the main accounting documents:
-balance sheet;
-income statement;
-cash flow statement.
Analysis of accounts through the main ratios:
-economic performance;
-financial performance;
-storage and customer and supplier payment times.
Management accounting:
-objectives of cost calculation.
Notion of cost:
-direct cost/indirect cost;
-variable cost/fixed cost.
Determining the break-even point
-partial cost methods;
full cost method (simple case of allocating indirect costs).
Arts and techniques test
General art history:
General notions on the history of civilisations and the evolution of ideas.
The main artistic trends from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period.
Knowledge of arts and techniques:
History and technique:
furniture and seating;
painting, prints and drawings;
engraving;
sculpture;
ceramics;
silversmithing and jewellery;
books, manuscripts and autographs;
carpets and tapestries;
collectible weapons and historical souvenirs;
coins;
archaeology;
art from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
Marks and hallmarks, titles and alloys.
Knowledge of museum collections.
History of public and private collections; developments in the art market.
Living languages
German.
Chinese.
Spanish.
Italian.
Russian.