Departments

The Sculpture Department is dedicated to sculptural works produced between the 14th century and the early decades of the 20th century. The experts of the Sculpture Department select works of great artistic and economic value signed by Italian and international authors, authentic opportunities to enrich your art collections in an excellent way. Through constant research and study, through materials and techniques, periods and styles, our experts aim to meet the ever-increasing demand of an attentive [..]

Modern and Contemporary Art is one of the most important categories of works in which Pandolfini auction house is specialized; it’s no coincidence that incredible, and even unexpected, results have been achieved in the Modern and Contemporary Art auctions held in recent years. Modern and Contemporary Art auctions are held at regular intervals to propose works by leading Italian and foreign contemporary artists, offering one-of-a-kind opportunities for collectors and lovers of art to purchase [..]

The opening of the NFT Department is a step taken in the certainty that the NFT market is only just beginning , and it will soon become one of the greatest revolutions in the arts and finance. NFT today represents a perfect system of fusion between three worlds: art which is the creative part, the digital transformation of the reality that we experience in our daily life and the new financial assets that move with highly dynamic performances. The important growth of digital art in the [..]

Jewellery auctions have always been one of the cornerstones for Pandolfini Casa d’Aste, Italian industry leader in the sales of jewellery and other precious items. Through traditional auctions, online auctions, and private sales, Pandolfini capably offers a complete service for the sales and purchase of jewellery, unique opportunities for acquiring sparkling and exquisite pieces, vintage and period jewellery, and rare precious stones. The Pandolfini jewellery auctions feature objects coming [..]

This department has held its own 'themed' sales since 2005; they take place twice a year alongside the jewellery and silverware sales. The auctions mainly focus on wrist watches, for men made by the most prestigious watch-makers. Selection of the pieces is made not only on the basis of the name of the watch maker but also their rarity, in the case of vintage watches, and their condition. In this sector today there are many collectors who started out by making purchases motivated by passion [..]

Since 1999, Pandolfini Casa d’Aste has been organizing auctions of the rarest and finest wines, with the aim of offering our public unique opportunities in satisfying the growing demand and general interest in this sector. Our wine auctions have now become essential appointments for experts and enthusiasts of the sector at a national and international level. The market of fine wines is evolving, with wine enthusiasts increasingly attentive to the offer of the market and in search of rare [..]

The INTERNATIONAL FINE ART department, under the direction of Tomaso Piva , selects and offers for sale highly refined international furniture and works of art. We are speaking of rare objects and pieces of furniture, pertaining to several art and antique sectors and to different tendencies in collecting, which become truly spectacular when intrinsic value meets beauty, in a story of charm and rareness. Furniture, objets de vertu , fine silver, bronzes, paintings, porcelain, but also ivory [..]

Among the categories preferred by contemporary collectors, that of old master paintings is undoubtedly in a place of primary importance: in an art market that is ever-attentive to international dynamics that are in constant evolution, the acquisition of old master paintings and sculptures in fact remains a true constant, continuing to create interest among collectors, while inspiring a diversified public, who are motivated by the desire to own a work of art of cultural value, even before considering [..]

The department of 19th century Paintings and Sculptures deals with Italian and European works of art dating from the beginning of the Nineteenth century to the mid Twentieth century, during what was an especially prolific period for painting and sculpture, and which includes for example artistic movements typical of that era, like Impressionism, Realism, and the Macchiaioli movement. Sales take place every six months, often with a specifically compiled catalogue. The main focus of this department [..]

The oriental art department has joined the other Pandolfini departments only very recently. In 2006 Pandolfini launched into this field, initially holding one auction per year and later increasing to two yearly auction in order to meet the demands of the market. In its catalogues the department offers a variety of artefacts and materials, such as porcelain, bronze sculpture, ivory carvings, furniture, jade sculpture and artefacts, coral and pietra dura pieces, snuff boxes, netsuke, miniature [..]

For over ninety years antique and vintage furniture auctions have represented a cornerstone for Pandolfini, a fixed point of reference that is constantly referred to by collectors and lovers of antiques, who, in our catalogues, are sure to find the right item capable of capturing their attention, creating interest, and encouraging them to participate in our auctions. The results of Pandolfini’s sales volume for furniture and works of art testifies to the strength and dynamism of the sector, [..]

Boosted by the significant success of the design auctions – often involving an international public – Pandolfini has set itself the objective of becoming a focal point for lovers of Italian design: interior designers, collectors, beauty enthusiasts, as well as private individuals looking for rare or unique, special and inimitable pieces of furniture and decorative objects.   The 20 th century Design and Decorative Arts sector has witnessed an enormous increase in the interest [..]

Dedicated to enthusiasts and collectors of exceptional whiskies and spirits , the Department deals with the selection and cataloguing of rare and prestigious bottles. The world of spirits has always aroused a particular fascination in the collective imagination, so much so that the rarest bottles of spirits are now commonly considered a luxury good, an object of collecting and investment. In recent years, the liquor and spirits auction sector has shown strong dynamism and a growing interest on [..]

Pandolfini's Luxury Vintage Fashion Department offers to collectors and Luxury Fashion lovers the possibility of selling and buying iconic pieces. The Vintage Fashion department draws its costumers attention to bags and accessories of prestigious and leading international luxury fashion brands, such as Hermes, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci. In the international market in which Pandolfini Casa d’Aste operates, the Luxury Vintage Fashion sector is inscribed in the long tradition of [..]

Collecting Antiquities is not just the wish to surround oneself with rare, fascinating objects, but it is also the desire to get closer to that world of antiques that is rooted in our culture. It is historical understanding, aesthetic enjoyment, the appreciation of the skills of a past that still speaks to us through its technical quality and formal beauty. For this reason, antiquities collectors and lovers are particularly demanding when it comes to guarantees on the authenticity and provenance [..]

Pandolfini Casa d’Aste dedicates an exclusive Department to collectible fine silver, in order to offer a wide selection of silver objects, both decorative and sacred, as well as for domestic or daily use. The Department is extremely attentive in the cataloguing of the objects proposed in the fine silver auctions and especially in the bibliographic research, so as to offer silver collectors and enthusiasts the most exhaustive information possible on the lots up for auction. Decorative silver [..]

Speaking today only of Renaissance maiolica market in the world and not mentioning Pandolfini is impossible: the auction of October 2014 represented infact a memorable event as something similar had not taken place for several decades, also according to collectors and sector specialists. The three-million earnings together with the worldwide absolute records obtained from that auction have shown once more the way to follow in the future: collecting is not at the end, however large impulses are [..]

“Anyone who collects books collects wishes; and anyone who has many wishes is still very young, even at eighty.” Ugo Ojetti With the launch of the Books, Manuscripts and Autographs Department, Pandolfini Auction House puts its extensive experience and expertise at the service of a market which needs a prestigious national and international landmark. The Department evaluates and offers in its catalogues books from the dawn of Western Printing to contemporary publishing, including [..]

The numismatic department of Pandolfini offers its clients a vast selection of coins and medals ranging from the most ancient right up to present day. We appraise Pre-Roman coniage, ancient Greece-Greek colonies, Roman, Barbarian + Bizantine coins. The Middle-Ages are often represented by the Florentine coinage with frequent sales of gold Florins or silver coins minted by the various Renaissance cities. Many times we have auctioned collections pertainig to the Duchy of Tuscany from the Medici+Haugsburg [..]

With WOP, acronym for Works on Paper, we mean all those works of art, old, modern or contemporary, which have as their only common denominator their support: paper (of every possible kind; from parchment, albeit improperly, as it is not paper but it is often confused with it, to the most modern and ductile cardboard, from sheets made by hand with rags, cotton or vegetable fibres, up to the most recent products of the paper industry).  Since ancient times, paper has been the main mean for [..]

The history of Car is tightly linked to 20 th century history and society; it involves almost every aspect of our daily life, it is in close contact with the Arts, and several aspects of engineering and of automotive style are by now considered art tout court by many critics. It is difficult to assert that the mechanical symphony of a Ferrari or a Lamborghini engine is not a form of art, or that the Pininfarina line does not represent a sculpture in motion. All this has caused the growth of a [..]