PARIS.- Sotheby’s announced that Paris will become the company’s European centre for sales of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design and Photographs. Biannual sales in each category will be held at the Galerie Charpentier in May and November. From 2011, 20th Century Decorative Art & Design sales will be held exclusively in Paris. Cécile Verdier, European director of the 20th Century Decorative Art & Design department, will head sales and manage a European team of specialists. In order to build on the outstanding success of the company’s sales of Photographs in Paris since 2008, Paris will become the European centre for sales in this field. The European department, led by Simone Klein, will be based in Paris, and sales in London will cease. Cécile Verdier, European director of 20th Century Decorative Art and Design. After graduating in History of Art and Marketing from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris,