Welcome to La Malle du Gouverneur!
Who are we?
Two friends fond of antiques, each one with its own favorite domains.
Being associates for several years in the same shop, we are given in turn the ability to travel to Europe or Asian countries and make good finds at the best price...
Where?
In Noumea, New Caledonia. This location, although being at the antipodes of Europe, is in fact, a chance : it compels us to travel to re-assort our shelves several times a year and keeps us being constantly on the move.
Our Island offers daily international flights and the Postal Service, besides being quite expensive, is very secure.
Our specialties:
• Opium smoking paraphernalia
Poorly known until now, this collecting for connoisseurs has gained a great success in recent years. Good authentic items are quite rare and nowadays much sought after …
You will find here a good selection of items.
• Asian antiques and specially:
– antique khmers bronzes ;
– chinese porcelain from wrecks…
• French Pacific banknotes
One of the two of us having been a serious collector for 35 years, has succeeded in gathering some unique banknotes...
Once or twice a year we have a table at the International Paper-money show in Maastricht…
• Finally : books on New Caledonia and the Pacific region
During thirty years of searching we have built an extensive collection of books including more than 3,000 titles on New Caledonia (of course most of them read in french!).
You will find some of them in english in our catalogs (downloadable in .pdf)
In these rather different sections, we hope you will be able to find what you
are looking for by clicking on the word ON-LINE SHOP in the black band on top of this page or on the following thread : on-line shop
For any question feel free to contact us by clicking on: contact, as many more items are not shown here...