Italian Accessories & Vanity Items

LONDON, UK — One of the best-preserved Italian Renaissance armors in private hands comes for sale at Apollo Art Auctions in London this month. Part of the so-called Prince collection, it is estimated at £600,000-£1.2m ($760,000-$1.5m) on July 13 and July 14. While its commission is uncertain — it was perhaps made for Gonzalo Fernández […]

NEW YORK — Marina Bulgari (b. 1930-) was destined by birthright for the jewelry business but determined to find her own path. She began her career working in the family business, Bulgari, which her grandfather started. After studying art and design in college, she joined the company and began designing, eventually helping run Bulgari when […]

HEADLINE BOONTON, N.J. – Estimated at $2,500-$3,500, this micromosaic plaque depicting the Rape of Europa hammered for $13,000 and sold for $16,250 with buyer’s premium as part of Millea Bros.‘ three-day sale on November 15-17. Dated circa 1820, the central scene, depicting the Phoenician princess’s abduction by Zeus, is one based on Michelangelo Maestri’s influential series of gouache drawings […]