The department has experienced consistent revenue growth over the past three years, with an average of over 80% of lots sold and a 150% increase in starting prices.
Regarding furniture, notable sales include an excellent Secretaire in walnut and fir by Giuseppe Maggiolini (Lot 423 - Auction 581, sold for € 68,750), a Marchigian architectural trumeau (Lot 127 - Auction 503, sold for € 50,000), a pair of Sicilian chests of drawers with top recessed in polychrome breach of S. Bernardo (Lot 145 - Auction 653, sold for € 25,200), and a pair of French gilt bronze stools from the Valentina Cortese’s Collection (Lot 286 - Auction 547, sold for € 12,500).
Among antique furnishings, significant results were achieved for a fountain with a breccia of Skyros basin and a dolphin frieze (Lot 257 - Auction 547, sold for € 37,500), a bronze and gilt bronze planter attributed to the Chiurazzi Foundry of Naples (Lot 73 - Auction 606, sold for € 50,400), a scagliola fireplace by Pelagio Palagi (Lot 118 - Auction 606, sold for € 30,240), and a large lacquered Venetian mirror (Lot 266 - Auction 606, sold for € 22,680).
Renewed interest in sculpture was evident in the sales of two important marble busts depicting Marcus Aurelius Caesar (Lot 90 - Auction 629, sold for € 151,200) and Augustus (Lot 89 - Auction 629, sold for € 113,400), as well as in Algardi's bronze Madonna with Child (Lot 79 - Auction 554, sold for € 27,500), an 18th-century Lombard sculptor's stone group depicting Paris, Aphrodite, and Eros (Lot 131 - Auction 606, sold for € 23,940), and a pair of 17th-century polychrome wooden sculptures of Adam and Eve by a sculptor from Alto Veneto (Lot 26 - Auction 653, sold for € 18,900).
Finally, among the most appreciated art objects in recent sales were an agate cup with sapphires by Alfredo Ravasco (Lot 138 - Auction 606, sold for € 30,240), two Islamic tumblers and a vase (Lot 525 - Auction 629, sold for € 25,200), a pair of French bronze candelabra with Vestal supports (Lot 27 - Auction 606, sold for € 16,380), a gilt bronze surtout de table with mirrored base and Bacchus heads frieze (Lot 76 - Auction 606, sold for € 13,860), a Venetian manufacture with lacquered chinoiserie decorations (Lot 300 - Auction 653, sold for € 9,450), and a curious walking stick with an ivory skull handle (Lot 501 - Auction 653, sold for € 3,780).
