Londra, 6 luglio 2011
Da Sotheby’s la Evening Sale dell’asta “Treasures: Princely Taste” ha realizzato £10,832,600 (stima pre-sala £9.4-14.6 milioni) con 20 lotti venduti su 33 offerti. Un paio di divani italiani intagliati in legno dorato provenienti dalla Galleria Dorata di Palazzo Carrega-Cataldi a Genova, erano stimati £300,000 – 500,000 e sono stati aggiudicati a £1,721,250 ($2,763,639), nuovo record per la vendita di un mobile italiano all’asta
Sotheby’s Deputy Chairman, Europe, Mario Tavella ha commentato: “Tonight’s sale was carefully curated following the tremendous reception that last year’s inaugural Treasures sale received. Again, we were able to offer a number of works not only of museum quality, but that were fresh to the market, and the enthusiastic buying in the saleroom this evening demonstrates the hunger – across a very international market – for works of such rarity and remarkable provenance.”
