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Furniture and artworks from the Italian home of the late designer Gianni Versace may sell for more than 2 million pounds ($2.85 million), Sotheby’s said.
The 550 lots, including 18th- and 19th-century paintings, will be auctioned in London on March 18, Sotheby’s officials said. It will be the fourth Versace sale held by the auction house. In 1999, Sotheby’s sold the designer’s collection of artworks by Pablo Picasso, followed by the contents of Versace’s Miami mansion and New York town house in 2001 and 2005 respectively. The auctions raised a total of more than 38 million pounds, said Sotheby’s.
Versace was shot dead on the steps of his Miami home in July 1997. The 50-year-old’s colorful clothes were worn by many celebrities, including Princess Diana.
“The house in Moltrasio is a Proust house, whereas the ones in Milano and Miami are more Batman,” Versace said of the 19th- century villa on the shores of Lake Como that he decorated in the neo-classical style, according to Sotheby’s.
The Lake Como house was sold last year by Versace family members, who are also the sellers of the contents, said Mario Tavella, Sotheby’s European deputy chairman responsible for single-owner collections. The villa was bought by the Russian multimillionaire restaurateur, Arkady Novikov, for 26 million pounds, according to the Sunday Times newspaper in March, 2008. (Bloomberg)
Tags: Gianni, Pablo Picasso
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