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Chinese jar at 410 times the low estimate
08 July 2024There was saleroom drama at Aste di Antiquariato Boetto (25% buyer’s premium) in Genoa on June 19 when a 12in (30cm) Chinese blue and white jar estimated at €2000-2300 shot to €820,000 (£692,000).
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Hours and hours of fresco fun
08 July 2024The subject of this massive Italian micromosaic panel is taken from the lost series of frescoes depicting the Hours of Day and Night by Raphael.
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Rare 18th century Neapolitan crèche figures take off at auction and fly back to Napoli
01 July 2024Arriving in boxes, a quantity of Italian Nativity figures were delivered to Anna Evans, head of sale and specialist at south London saleroom Roseberys, with Christie’s lot labels dated 1982 still attached.
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Royal approval for the work of George Michael Moser once dubbed ‘England’s favourite goldsmith’
01 July 2024Watch chatelaine offered at auction was produced by a man who created many works for the Hanoverian household
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Memphis Milano made its mark
27 May 2024The Memphis Miliano design movement was born on the evening of December 11, 1980, when architect-designer Ettore Sottsass (1917-2007) invited young creators and architects to discuss the future of Italian ‘post-modern’ design.
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Italian artist's detailed view of London exhibition emerges in Rome auction
20 May 2024Although the image may be familiar from stereoscopic photographs and engravings of the period, this view of the 1862 'London International Exhibition of Industry and Art' is an oil and canvas by the Italian painter Federico Moja (1802-85).
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Designs by the daring Dino Martens come to auction in Italy
13 May 2024Two quite different pieces of glass designed by Dino Martens (1894-1970) led the April 23 sale at Aste di Antiquariato Boetto (25% buyer’s premium) in Genoa.
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Delve into the darker side of Old Master paintings at auction
13 May 2024Current collecting taste means that Old Master paintings exploring the darker side of the human character can often find more admirers than more typical subject matter of Georgian gentleman or European landscapes. Works of the grotesque are particularly popular.
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A product of his time but Bugatti’s fantasies were all his own
25 March 2024In 1902, while visiting stands at the Esposizione Internationale d’Arte Decorativa Moderna in Turin, the Queen of Italy congratulated Carlo Bugatti on his ‘Moresque’ style of furniture. He reportedly replied, “You are mistaken, majesty, this style is mine!”
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18th century friar portrait painted by female artist flies over estimate
25 March 2024This 18th century pastel on paper portrait showing a young friar has many hallmarks of the work of the Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757).
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Panoramas pick up six-figure sums in Italy
25 March 2024Two titled topographical views by a journeyman 18th century Venetian artist excelled at the Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings sale at Wannenes (35% buyer’s premium) in Genoa.
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TEFAF Maastricht Showcase: Tommaso Calabro
04 March 2024Despite specialising in Modern art, Tommaso Calabro hopes to snag some Old Master collectors at his first TEFAF.
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Venini glass designs from two Italian architects build up transatlantic interest
29 January 2024Two exceptional pieces of Venini glass surfaced at auction in the final days of 2023 on different sides of the Atlantic.
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Roman marble sold in 1961 auction resurfaces in Italy headless… but the head could be in UK
06 November 2023In 1961 when Christie’s auctioned off items from the Wilton House Collection, the catalogue included a full-page image of a monumental Roman marble.
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Unbroken elephant bird egg is all it’s cracked up to be
30 October 2023The eggs of the extinct Aepyornis maximus or elephant bird are the largest of any known species.
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From chocolate and tea to tyres and petrol: a promotional selection of results
24 July 2023Recent advertising highlights from UK sales and an Italian auction
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Morandi keeps it simple
22 May 2023A classic pale pastel toned still-life by Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) is one of the headline lots in a two-day sale of Modern and Contemporary Art at Farsettiarte in Prato in Italy on May 26-27.
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Beating the drum for Queen Elizabeth II
01 May 2023This drum major’s uniform is from the era of Queen Elizabeth II, as indicated by the big, gilded-thread monogram E II R under the crown.
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Frieze master: dealer sells Sartorios to the D’Orsay
30 January 2023The Musée d’Orsay in Paris has acquired two large paintings by Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860-1932) from Rome dealership Antonacci Lapiccirella.
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Sleepers woken up via the internet
16 January 2023Demonstrating how the internet has transformed the market for potential sleepers, three portraits that drew strong interest recently at different auctions in the UK and Europe all sold to online buyers.
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