The MMD Relief Editor has forwarded to me the request of a lady asking
about future auctions in Chartres, France.  Here is the schedule:

    for dolls: Saturday, March 14 and Saturday, May 23, 2009.
    for mechanical music: Sunday, May 24, and Sunday, December 6, 2009.

For more info, contact the auction house in Chartres, Galerie de
Chartres: chartres@galeriedechartres.com.geentroep (delete .geentroep);
tel.: +33 (0) 2 37 88 28 28; fax: + 33 (0) 2 37 88 28 20.  Or view the
"News" page of the Musica mecanica website:

    http://www.musicamecanica.org/musica_mecanica/a/actu/index.html 

Best regards from Paris,
Philippe Rouillé