Landmark appeal and change at the top for Finarte
Selling art is not all that has been going on at Finarte in the past few weeks. The auction house has recently won a landmark appeal against the Italian state which will ensure that auctioneers do not lose out when the state pre-empts a work of art.
The case was provoked by the pre-emption of a pair of statues by Giacomo Manzù, sold to a private co…