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Cambi Milano auction totals €1.7M, led by Marino Marini and Alighiero Boetti

market-auction · 2026-04-26

Cambi auction house in Milan closed its season with a sale of modern and contemporary art totaling over €1.7 million. The top lot was Marino Marini's bronze sculpture "Piccolo cavallo" (1950), one of three private copies, which sold for €346,100. Alighiero Boetti's 1977 embroidery "Niente da vedere niente da nascondere" far exceeded its €50,000 estimate, reaching €115,400. Emilio Isgrò's ink on typographic book "Fatti" sold for €56,350, nearly double its €30,000 estimate. Salvo's 1994 "Senza titolo" more than doubled its minimum estimate to exceed €50,000. Arnaldo Pomodoro's 1996 bronze and iron sculpture "Giroscopio" sold for €47,600.

Key facts

  • Cambi auction in Milan achieved over €1.7 million total.
  • Marino Marini's bronze 'Piccolo cavallo' (1950) sold for €346,100.
  • Alighiero Boetti's embroidery 'Niente da vedere niente da nascondere' (1977) sold for €115,400, exceeding €50,000 estimate.
  • Emilio Isgrò's ink on book 'Fatti' sold for €56,350, nearly double the €30,000 estimate.
  • Salvo's 'Senza titolo' (1994) sold for over €50,000, more than double its minimum estimate.
  • Arnaldo Pomodoro's 'Giroscopio' (1996) sold for €47,600.
  • The sale focused on modern and contemporary masters.
  • The auction marked the end of the season before summer break.

Entities

Artists

  • Marino Marini
  • Alighiero Boetti
  • Emilio Isgrò
  • Salvo
  • Arnaldo Pomodoro
  • Cristina Masturzo

Institutions

  • Cambi
  • Art Basel
  • Artribune
  • NABA

Locations

  • Milan
  • Italy
  • Sicily

Sources