Finarte Milan auctions design and photography on June 17-18

Finarte will hold two auctions in Milan on June 17 and 18, 2025, at its Via dei Bossi headquarters, featuring design and Italian photography. The design auction, titled Design Heritage, includes 100 lots ranging from Giacomo Balla to iconic Italian designers. Highlights include Gaetano Pesce's tapestry Gioia? (1986) starting at €60,000, Gio Ponti pieces from the Vetrocoke offices and Palazzo Montecatini, Piero Fornasetti's Pannello apribile (estimate €3,000-5,000), Carlo Scarpa's mirror model 66 (estimate €4,000-6,000), and Ettore Sottsass Jr. lots from €3,000. The photography auction, Fotografia: ICONE ITALIANE, features 100 lots with two works each by Lisetta Carmi, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Luigi Ghirri, Oliviero Toscani (Manette, 1989 Benetton campaign), Gabriele Basilico (Beirut, 1991), and Olivio Barbieri (Shanghai). Finarte recently launched an e-commerce platform Boutique for direct purchases and partnered with Hotel de Bonart Naples for its first Neapolitan venue, hosting Art Talks and Valuation Days. Filippo Maria Fiorini Rogai, formerly of Sotheby's, has joined as design department director.