Auctions - Finestre sull'Arte

Canaletto masterpiece sold at Christie's for £31 million

The Canaletto painting that was going up for auction late this afternoon at Christie's in London was sold for over £30 million. It was a masterpiece, for which there was great expectation: the work, The Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day, one ...
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Missing Rodin sculpture authenticated and auctioned for 860,000 euros in France

It was considered a simple copy, but turned out to be an extremely rare original by Auguste Rodin (Paris, 1840 - Meudon, 1917) small marble sculpture titled Le Désespoir (The Despair), made in 1892, was recently authenticated and sold at aucti...
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Major online auction at Piguet's: Italian Old Masters for sale

Important online auction, June 5-18: Piguet Hôtel des Ventes auction house in Geneva is in fact organizing an auction spanning three centuries of Italian creativity. The Swiss maison is offering an exclusively online sale until June 18, culmina...
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Bolaffi Auctions brings to market, after more than 60 years, a rare work by Fernand Léger

Back on the market after more than sixty years is a rare work by Fernand Léger: Nature Morte (Contraste de formes), created between 1913 and 1914 using the technique of gouache and cardboard on paper brought back on board. The work is the cent...
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At auction at Sotheby's is the Giordano Collection, one of the most important existing collections of decorative arts

A significant part of Gianni Giordano's sumptuous collection, one of the most important existing collections of decorative arts, will be dispersed between today and tomorrow, November 26 and 27, 2024, in anauction at Sotheby 's in Paris. A collection...
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A rare Claude Monet seascape goes up for auction: it is the only painting in winter

An important painting by Claude Monet (Paris, 1840 - Giverny, 1926), Mer agitée à Pourville, goes up for auction at Lempertz in Cologne on Nov. 29: executed in 1882, it is Monet's only beach scene depicting the Normandy landscape during...
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Maurizio Cattelan's banana sold for more than $6 million

It sold for an incredible $6,240,000 Comedian, Maurizio Cattelan's famous work, the banana attached to the wall with packing tape. It was sold tonight in New York at auction at Sotheby's, which had estimated $1-1.5 million for "the banana that broke ...
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Which 20th-century Italian artists are most in demand on the market: talks Susanne Capolongo (Pandolfini auctions)

How is the market for modern art doing in Italy? Are collectors interested in the twentieth century? Which artists are pulling the most? Is it possible to build a collection even with little budget at hand? And what should people who want to start a ...
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