AUCTIONS
29 February 2016
Ancient Sculpture
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ArtWorks from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque The pages of newspapers have dealt recently with ancient sculpture by involving public opinion in matters traditionally for specialists, from the debated Michelangelo to the problem of safety of the works in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. Even auctions lost their confidential nature to open […]
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24 February 2016
In the survey on the relationship between the painting in fresco and historiated decoration of Liguria majolicas, in order not to merely repeat the concepts expressed in detail on other occasions1, it was decided to propose four examples, three concrete and the fourth theoretical, in which a connection between the two species of painting […]
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19 February 2016
Fine Chinese Works of Art
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The second event in Milan with the Oriental Art has not betrayed the expectations, achieving a total sales of 2.294 million euros. This semester the main section of the catalog was dedicated to an extensive and important collection of bronze sculptures, especially in gilt bronze, among which the important figure of the thirteenth century […]
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18 February 2016
In the last issue of this magazine our article end by recalling how the fortune of majolica was made by the masterpieces created by the various Italian manufacturers of the sixteenth century, and “spread out all around Europe and admired in the private room as marvels of art.” From that moment we can say collecting […]
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18 February 2016
It is no coincidence that the world record of auction sale of a piece by Gio Ponti has occurred with a single piece, refined and important, such as the low table of the ancient collection of paintings of Palazzo Contini Bonacossi, proposed by Cambi during the last Design auction last December: the style and the […]
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18 February 2016
The Call of Art
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We, Italians are lucky. We can ignore them for a lifetime; we can pass them without looking at them for years, but sooner or later that painting or that sculpture will tell us something, since works of art are this: inanimate objects like others but with the peculiarity and the urge to tell us […]
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11 January 2016
Decorative Arts
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Milan proves to be capital of the world in the twentieth century thanks to the excellent results of the last auction of Decorative Arts of the twentieth century held in Palazzo Serbelloni last December 3. To compete in a single catalogue an extensive collection of French Art Nouveau glasses of the Nancy School, some rare […]
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23 October 2015
“My great-grandfather Ercole Marelli has always had a weakness for art, especially the paintings of the 19th century. Over the years, together with his son-in-law Bruno Antonio Quintavalle, historical president of Magneti Marelli, he built an astonishing art gallery, almost a museum.” Guido Mina di Sospiro, Italian author of successful books, traces through the […]
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22 October 2015
Pavel Petrovitch Troubetzkoy
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Moving Sculpture Pavel Petrovitch Troubetzkoy was born on 15 February 1866 in Intra, son to the prince and Russian diplomat Pierre Troubetzkoy and the American pianist Ada Winans. Thanks to his parents, who love to host artists and man of letters in their inner circle, Pavel becomes passionate for art and studies sculpture […]
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22 October 2015
Nowadays the watch is not only an instrument for measuring time, keeping track of the passing of hours, minutes and seconds, but it has become a real beauty accessory, a travel companion, fully integrated in the way we are. Collectible wrist and pocket watches are a niche market in continuous growth and, in view of […]
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19 October 2015
Fine Art Selection
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“…and with this lot the first half of the auctions in Milan is over, thank you for your presence and see you for the next sales in November.”This is how Matteo Cambi ended the last auction, not in terms of importance, of Fine Art Selection: a catalogue composed of 185 lots selected from […]
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19 October 2015
Antique Silvers
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Antique Silvers Talking about ancient silvers today means to retrace part of the Italian and of the most important European courts history, especially in the period here considered, from the end of the 17th century and the early 19th century. It was the Europe of the Habsburgs, the Bourbons; the France of Louis XIV, […]
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