Following the Crash of 1929, and due to a costly lifestyle, a disastrous divorce, and the expense of his press empire, Coty's fortune in liquid assets was much diminished. After his death, the château is temporarily escrowed as security for his creditors and his art collections were sold at auction in 124 lots at the Galerie Charpentier in Paris on 30 November and 1 December 1936.