A Michelangelo for sale, estimated at only €10,000? You do not dream ! Only, it is not a painting...
A stroke of luck for Christie's: the auction house discovered by chance, on the back of a painting, a small sketch by the greatest Italian master, and a handwritten letter from his descendant Cosimo Buonarroti. The painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling made these “diagrams” as an indication of the type of marble block he needed. The latter will be put on sale in New York in April 2024.
It's an earthquake in the world of auctions... Chardin's Enameled Melon has just shattered all historical sales records during a spectacular sale at Christie's Paris, thus establishing a new record…
