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Versace Estate at Sotheby’s
March 19th, 2009 •
Posted by: MIB •
Posted in: news •
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Tags: Antonio Canova, Como Villa, Johann Zoffany, Karl Roos, neo-classicist, Pugilist, Sotheby's, Versace
Tags: Antonio Canova, Como Villa, Johann Zoffany, Karl Roos, neo-classicist, Pugilist, Sotheby's, Versace

Items from Versace’s Lake Como estate was put under the hammer today in London. The anticipated net sales Sotheby’s prognosticates is about £2m. In the lot there is abundant neo-classicist works of art; Karl Roos bookcases, an unseen Johann Zoffany painting and the homo erotic Pugilist statue pair of Antonio Canova. A total of 550 items were put on auction at Sotheby’s on Bond St.
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