Source : Pandolfini

Source Title Pandolfini
Description

Pandolfini was founded in 1924 by Louis Cavalier Pandolfini with sales of furniture, furnishings and objets d'art. In the second half of the forties, Pandolfini begins with increasing frequency, to organize auctions of furniture, furnishings, antique paintings of the nineteenth century and belonging to large hotels, residences and villas in the Florentine nobility, large private collections clearly belong to the heritage of Tuscany.  *****  In the early fifties, with the increase in the quality of the items offered and with the intensification of the auction sessions, it became necessary to search for a home, where present art auctions and antiques. These were the years in which Pandolfini transfers its assets in Borgo degli Albizi 26, on the main floor of the important building Ramirez Montalvo and begins to offer the public catalogs prepared in accordance with the needs of a more demanding market.  *****  However, one must wait until the nineties to realize a more decisive structural change both in terms of the organic vision and sales target that tries to aim for a more national and international market making brokerage business more competitive with the desire to quickly reach a management company organized according to the most advanced criteria. The results were immediately apparent and in the space of a decade Pandolfini is now one of the top players in the Italian volume of trading and also international recognition in all fields of collecting. This is also thanks to a dedicated staff to serve the most demanding customers who tries to interpret the needs volgendole a profit.

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Total Records in AED 3937
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000