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Versace's
possessions fetch £7M
London:
The late fashion designer Gianni Versace's possessions has
raised over 7 million pounds. Items from his Villa Fontanelle
home-including huge classical statues of naked wrestlers, furniture
and paintings-went under the hammer on March 18. A spokeswoman
for Sotheby's in New Bond Street, central London, where the
auction was held, said that the pre-sale estimate was only 2.8
million pounds. But many of the items went on to fetch over
10 times their expected price. More than 500 people registered
to bid in the auction. "With heated bidding in today's auction
extending beyond 12 hours, the day sale turned into an evening
sale too," the Telegraph quoted Mario Tavella, deputy chairman
of Sotheby's Europe, as saying. "From the recreation of the
villa's rooms in Sotheby's galleries to the hugely enthusiastic
bidding in the saleroom, this event epitomised the glamour and
vision of Gianni Versace and was a fitting way to mark the sale
of his most beloved - and until now very private - Lake Como
collection. "We are absolutely thrilled with the extraordinary
results of today's sale and the high level of lots that achieved
prices well above their pre-sale estimates - in some cases tenfold,"
he added. And the item that went for the highest price was a
pair of Italian cherry wood bookcases from Versace's bedroom,
which sold for 481,250 pounds and 601,250 pounds respectively.
-Mar
19, 2009
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