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The three sessions dedicated to the Decorative Arts of the 20th Century and Design on 28, 29 and 30 June close the semester of auctions for the Milanese Il Ponte, with rare works, collector's items and winners of illustrious prizes, from Franco Albini , Enzo Mari, Ettore Sottsass, Gaetano Pesce, Pietro Chiesa, Mario Ceroli, Osvaldo Borsani, Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, and many others. The total? Over one million euros.
A diamond is forever, records are meant to be broken. Il Ponte records a record turnover for the Jewelry department, whose auction of 25 and 26 May 2023 totaled over € 5.4 million euros, with 203% revaluation on estimates and 93% of lots sold. Great raises and awards in the Jewelry auction held in Milan by Il Ponte. Starting from the Agrati Collection, which tripled its starting values.
The Modern and Contemporary Art of Il Ponte auction house closes with a turnover of over € 6.1 million, the numbers speak of a 204% revaluation on estimates and 91% of lots sold. Three internationally renowned names illuminate the Palazzo Crivelli auction: Lucio Fontana with the glazed terracotta “Concetto spazio” of 1963-64 (€ 453,600), Mario Schifano with “Cielo per A.” of 1964 (€ 327,600) and again the white marble by Igor Mitoraj entitled “Stella”, year 1981 (€ 302,400).
Back in Italy, great pictorial works and very rare statues make up the auction of Furniture and Old Master Paintings that Il Ponte auction house is scheduled for 28, 29 and 30 March. Starting from the statuary, where the seventeenth-century “Ratto di Proserpina” by the sculptor Giovanni Battista Buzzi known as Viggiù stands out (estimate 25 - 30 thousand) [...] The painting chapter spans over four centuries.
Prestigious volumes and unpublished rarities have launched the first semester of auctions at the Il Ponte auction house. The auction reached a turnover of €490,000, with 90% of lots sold and 120% revaluation on estimates. From fifteenth-century incunabula to precious editions of contemporary literature, the proposal curated by the department is confirmed to be highly appreciated by bibliophiles from all over the world.
Arts of the 20th Century and Jewels dominate the auctions in Italy. Active auction houses reported excellent results in 2022 in various sectors, even niche ones, as long as there is research and quality [...] But, in any sector, what collectors are hunting for is quality. «Growth concerns all sectors» explains Rossella Novarini, director of Il Ponte. «The secret is in intercepting the inclinations of the customer, who has a desire for "fanciful" things and innovative proposals, while drawing on tradition, enhancing what is undervalued.
A historic year. Perhaps unrepeatable. 2022 will remain in the almanacs of the sector [...] They know it well from Il Ponte, where part of the 33.5 million sales come from a yellow gold ring (1.18 million). There were 6 million euros for Jewels overall, while Modern and Contemporary Art amounted to 14 million. The top lot is “Concetto spaziale” by Fontana (625,000) and “La metà e il doppio” by Boetti (600,000). Record for Fausto Pirandello (300 thousand euros).
Record diamond from Il Ponte: award of 1 million euros. A cascade of diamonds from Il Ponte. The Milanese auction house on 26-27 May 2022 hesitated the Jewels catalogue for 2.6 million. A great result that consolidates the auction house as a leader in the sector. 2.6 million in total turnover, 176% revaluation of estimates and 84% of lots sold. The data eloquently tell the success of Il Ponte in its Jewels auction.
Il Ponte Casa d’Aste shakes the seismograph of the contemporary art market, totaling mind-boggling numbers in two auction days. Modern and contemporary art, in the two auction days held at the headquarters of Il Ponte Casa d'Aste on 24 and 25 May 2022, recorded a surge in sales and attention on the seismograph by collectors of worldwide [...] total turnover of over € 6 million, registering 211% revaluation of estimates and 93% of lots sold.
A record result for oriental art at Il Ponte Casa d’Aste. The Oriental Arts department reached its all-time high accomplishment in turnover (€ 660,000) during the sale of May 12, 2022 due to 72% of lots sold and 247% revaluationon on reserve prices. The public – present in the hall, online and on the telephones - shows interest in the lots from China. Among these the vases, top lots of the sale: two large Famille Verte potiches (lot 75, sold for € 87,500), a pair of Doucai glazed vases (lot 32, sold for € 56,250), the large Tianqiuping vase (lot 95, sold for€ 27,500) and the blue and white porcelain vase decorated with mythical beasts (lot 71, sold € 20,000).
Over two hundred and fifty lots of Oriental Art, with treasures that range from Famille Verte porcelain to an interesting nucleus of snuff bottles - objects of heterogeneous materials, eras, and styles. A rich selection of jewels and precious pieces, starting from an extraordinary pear-shaped diamond weighing ct. 16.44, unique in purity and color, estimated up to € 1.2 million. And then again the unmissable appointment with Modern and Contemporary Art, which includes high-sounding names such as Wildt, De Pisis, Campigli, but also Capogrossi, Melotti, Fontana. All these are among the Spring proposals of Il Ponte auction house.
As concerns antiques, the three-day session at Il Ponte (12, 13, 14 April) certified the excellent work of the Via Pontaccio premises. Sales amounting to 1.3 million euros, many sought after lots. Such as the Portrait of a Young Man by Fra Galgario (81,000), the Sienese Sano di Pietro with Madonna and Child (68,000), the Saint John the Baptist by the Leonardesque Master (62,000) and the Woodland Landscape by Marten Rijckaert (50,000). In the furniture section the Italian furniture of the eighteenth century was very persuasive as shown by the Genoese "diplomatic" desk (25.000) and a pair of commodes from Southern Italy (16.000).
Il Ponte Auction House sold 301 objects on the 1st and 2nd of March in Milan for charity purposes: under the Patronage of the Chamber of Fashion and Palazzo Marino (Milan Municipality), the initiative - as Carlo Severgnini said, president of the Valentina Cortese Family Trust who takes care of the inheritance, goes to the aid of the Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research and the Piccolo Teatro, the space to which the actress was undoubtedly most connected. Ended with a great success, it was like a last thunderous virtual applause to the great diva from fans, collectors and friends who participated online and on the phone from all over the world. The result was over 1.3 million euros in turnover and 100% of lots sold, with prices increasing tenfold.
A more than justified enthusiasm accompanies the end of the year and the beginning of 2022 for Il Ponte Casa d'Aste, the year 2021 closes with a more than positive sign, with an excellent turnover and new customers won. [...] The statistics speak for themselves and show us an auction house in splendid shape: total adjudications of this year surpassed €38 million (€38,583,925, including auction rights), in a calendar of 42 auctions between Palazzo Crivelli and viapitteridieci, 13 of which with the auctioneer and public finally back in the auction room.
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