Julien Cohen, the flagship antique dealer ofDeal concluded said goodbye to the show. An unexpected decision that he reveals in the Picard mail published this Saturday, December 25.
For more than four years, Julien Cohen has been one of the stars of the show Deal concluded, broadcast on France 2. In this program, which is aimed at flea market enthusiasts and other valuable objects found, the famous antique dealer with blue glasses has established himself as a prominent figure in the auction room, with his original challenges to sellers, or even his crazy initiatives to spice up the show, as when he decided to put on a buyer in a trunk offered for sale. However, viewers ofDeal concluded Soon will no longer be able to see the buyer alongside his acolytes on the set of the show presented by Sophie Davant. Julien Cohen has indeed announced his sudden departure, in the edition of Picard mail published this Saturday, December 25 and on Instagram.
“It’s the end clap”
While talking to the regional daily about second-hand shops, his great project that he first undertook in Péronne, in the Somme, Julien Cohen confided: “I will be able to take care of what is becoming a concept, since I will now have more free time. “ A lighter schedule due to his departure fromDeal concluded. “It’s the end clap“, he indeed revealed, before taking stock of his experience on the flagship program of the Two: “I shot 1,557 shows, I saw 7,204 people presenting me objects, I bought 1,813, I participated in 330 days of filming in four and a half years, at the rate of three then four and up to six broadcasts per day. “
Personal projects
“I lived a extraordinary adventure“, admitted the antiquarian. Despite this experience which will have marked his professional life, it is now time for him to turn the page to concentrate on his own projects. “The future, for me, is the development of second-hand shops. It’s the only thing that motivates me and my decision was made with my wife. “
Sophie Davant was not aware
Julien Cohen then confessed that he had not warned “that the CEO of Warner, the producer”, and the show crew will learn of his unexpected departure in the newspaper, “or by consulting [s]social networks “.”I was the only one to be present almost every time, people knew me from television, but I was already doing things before these shows and I’m still going to do things after this show “, continued the businessman, who moreover does not exclude making his return in a new show “on the theme of the flea market or the urbex”.
Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias.