Active for over twenty-six years with offices in Genoa and Milan and branches in Rome, Turin and Venice, Casa d'Aste Cambi is at the top of the auction market in Italy, with over 100 sales per year, handled by 26 departments and a team of 70 professionals
Cambi Auction House was founded in Genoa in 1998, and from its very first house sales, it distinguished itself in international auctions.
Initially specialising in antique art auctions, today its offerings are divided into three macro areas: antique, modern and luxury.
Over the years, the departments of Modern Art and Design, Oriental Art, Jewellery, Watches have undergone significant development.
In 2004, with the move to the prestigious headquarters of Castello Mackenzie, a long season of success and great expansion began and, ten years later, the desire to establish itself on the international market was marked by the inauguration, in 2013, of the Milan headquarters in Palazzo Serbelloni. In the same year, following numerous sales records, Cambi exceeded €23 million for the first time, becoming the leading auction house in Italy in terms of turnover.
During the second decade of the 21st century, Cambi continued to set national and international records in all departmentsdepartments, which currently number twenty-six and cover all areas of art and collecting.
In 2017, the extremely rare Tibetan sculpture Zanabazar was sold for €4.7 million: this is themost expensive work ever sold at auction in Italy. The record confirms Cambi as the country's number one auction house, with a turnover of over €35 million.
2022 is another extraordinary year for us, with an increasingly rich and diverse offering and great successes. For the third time in the last 10 years, Cambi, with €42 million, is the leading auction house in Italy in terms of turnover and has been crowned by the prestigious magazine Artribune as the best auction house in Italy.
Cambi is now an Italian and international benchmark for the artart and collecting, thanks to catalogues curated by a staff of qualified experts and auctions held alternately in Genoa and Milan.
The participation of the best Italian collectors and a select international clientele have enabled the maison to set record sales and conduct important House Sales of entire collections with great success.
Year the auction house was founded
Year the auction house was founded, which opened its first headquarters in Genoa in the historic premises of Salita della Tosse, which had housed the family business since the 1970s.
In addition to the first auctions of Antiques auctions, those of Maritime Art were also held, which effectively represented the first departments of the auction house.
First monographic catalogue dedicated
The first monographic catalogue dedicated to scientific instruments was an international success, with customers from all over Europe and the United States and four museum institutions among the buyers.
Cambi catalogues are available for the first time on the website cambiaste.com for the first time.
House sale Villa Ricciardi Toscanelli
House sale Villa Ricciardi Toscanelli in Tuscany: over 400 participants bringing sales above 3 billion lire for the first time.
First bid over 100 million lire for a night watch sold for 120 million.
Opening of the Antique Books department, directed by Gianni Rossi.
The number and level of auctions is growing
The number and level of auctions on offer grows, particularly in the field of antiques and antique paintings. The Still Life by Genoese painter Jan Ross, sold for almost 100 million lire, sets the record for the year.
Oscar Saccorotti and the House of the Robin
House Sale Palazzo Tornielli di Crestvolant in Piedmont.
The House of the Robin: auction of works and furnishings from the studio-home of Genoese painter Oscar Saccorotti, which ended with estimates doubling and 90% of lots sold.
Opening of the department of 20th Century Decorative Arts, directed by Sandro and Thea Casarino.
First sales of Modern Contemporary Art
Auctions of Ancient Art alternate with those of Art and Decorative Arts of the Twentieth Century and the first sales of Modern and Contemporary Art.
A painting by G.W. Lambert sold for €63,000: a record for the painter outside Australia.
House sale Villa de Nobili Fossati Raggio, Genoa.
Mackenzie Castle
The auction house moves its headquarters to Mackenzie Castle in Genoa.
Theinaugural auction reaches €2 million in turnover and marks the beginning of a great season of Antique Art auctions that will continue in the following years.
House sale Castello di Tassarolo
Antique painting auctions lead to record sales, especially for the 17th-century Genoese School.
House Sale Castello di Tassarolo dei marchesi Spinola, Piedmont, takes place.
Design enters the fray
Numerous private collections were dispersed, including a group of 17th-century marble sculptures from a noble Genoese family, which attracted buyers from across the continent.
In the auctions of the 20th century, designer furniture appears with increasing frequency.
An important auction of scientific instruments attracts buyers from all over Europe and the United States.
Record for antique paintings
A pair of paintings by Giovanni Paolo Panini sold for €400,000, a record for the Antique paintings department and for the auction house.
Opening of the 19th and 20th Century Painting department.
Modern Art and Jewellery
House Sale Villa Canessa Devoto, Rapallo, Liguria.
Opening of the Jewellery department directed by Titti Curzio.
Opening of the Modern and Contemporary Art department.
Record for the 19th and 20th Century Painting department
Sale of a painting by Franz Von Stuck for €136,000, a record for the 19th and 20th Century Painting department.
Cambi celebrates its 100th auction
Auction 100: Cambi celebrates its 100th auction with a catalogue featuring a selection of the 100 best lots from all departments.
The Svedomskij Brothers' Atelier: a monographic auction on two Russian painters active in Rome at the end of the 19th century.
The annual turnover of the auction houseAuctions exceeds €10 million for the first time.
First issue of Cambi Magazine
House sale Villa la Femara: an auction featuring furnishings and paintings belonging to the Rey di Villarey and Cisa Asinari di Grésy families of Villa la Femara in Oglianico Canavese, Piedmont.
San Leo di Arnaldo Pomodoro sold for €100,000 and a paper by Afro Basaldella sold for €144,000, a record for the department.>Opening of the Oriental Art department directed by Dario Mottola with a €110,000 sale for a coral sculpture.
First issue of Cambi Magazine, the auction house's biannual information magazine, which in subsequent years would become the most widely circulated publication in the field of antiques, reaching a circulation of 40,000 copies.
the first Time Auction: Cambi is the first Italian auction house to use an online sales channel.
The great season of Oriental art
A jade ruyi sold for €298,000, a bronze censer for €320,000, and a Chinese bronze sculpture depicting Begse for €600,000</, and a jade bell for €694,000: a record for the Oriental Art department and the highest bid at the auction house.
Opening of the Antique Silver department, directed by Carlo Peruzzo. Opening of the representative office in Milan, in Via Senato, where previews of the auctions held in Genoa will take place.//www.cambiaste.com/it/asta-0156/le-collezioni-di-un-erudito-conoscitore-bologn.asp?action=reset">House sale Collections from the home of a fine connoisseur of Bolognese art.
First Yacht Auction.
First African Art Auction.
Palazzo Serbelloni and the first auction house in Italy
Inauguration of the Palazzo Serbelloni headquarters in Milan, where the first Milanese auctions will be held.
Cambi is the only auction house to operate from two locations in different cities in Italy.
Opening of a representative office in Turin.
Record for the Jewellery department with a pair of natural pearl earrings sold for €350,000.
Record for the Contemporary Art department with a painting by Antonio Dias sold for €325,000 (a world record for the artist).
Record for a Chinese imperial screen sold for €2.1 million, a record for the Oriental Art department and for the auction house.
A pair of imperial jade ruyiwere sold for €644,000, while a 15th-century Chinese gilt bronze sculpture went for €360,000.
A Madonna and Child on wood attributed to Sandro Botticelli fetched €310,000.
Opening of the Design department directed by Piermaria Scagliola.
The auction house's annual turnover exceeds €20 million for the first time and, with €23.5 million, it is the leading auction house in Italy.
Opening of the London office
Bartolozzi auction, antique dealers since 1877, with the sale of the furnishings of the great Florentine antique dealer.
Opening of the London office, where previews of the most important auctions will be held, as well as private negotiations at an international level.
A first for the Antique Paintings department with Tree by Jesse di Battista di Gerio, sold for €450,000.
Great success for sales of Oriental Artem>, with an important Chinese tripod incense burner Quianlong, sold for €335,000, a monumental 19th-century Chinese red coral sculpture sold for €217,000 and a jade ruyi, sold for €310,000.
The auction house's annual turnover exceeds €17 million and, with €17.2 million, it is the fourth largest auction house in Italy.
2.5 million euros for the Fiasca della Luna
Opening of the Wristwatches department.
Opening of the Majolica and Porcelain department directed by Enrico Caviglia.
Mario Panzano Auction - Antiques: great success for the sale of the furnishings of the famous Genoese antique dealer, with 83% of lots sold for a total of €2.07 million, doubling the estimates.
Sale of two Genoese Louis XV corner cabinets, inlaid with a four-leaf clover motif, for €312,000, a record for an antique piece of furniture at Cambi.
House Sale Furnishings from the homes of the heirs of Ercole Marelli.
Sale of an Audemars Piaguet pocket watch for €106,000, a record for the department.
Sale of a table by Gio Ponti for €387,000, a record for the Design department, for a piece of designer furniture sold in Italy and a world record for Gio Ponti.
Sale of a Yongzheng-period porcelain flask for €2.5 million, a record for the Oriental Art department, for the auction house and the most expensive art object sold in Italy in 2015.
Cambi's annual turnover exceeds €25 million for the first time; with €26 million, it is the third largest auction house in Italy.
Extraordinary success for Murano glass
Opening of the department of Murano glass from ‘900 directed by Marco Arosio, who will also head the department of 20th-century Decorative Arts.
A Chinese table sold for €606,000, a record for a piece of furniture sold in Italy.
A a Syrian majolica vase for €218,000, a record for the Majolica and Porcelain department. Sale of a a vase by Paolo Venini for €250,000, a record for the department, a record for glass in Italy and a world record for the artist.
Auction Murano 1890-1990. A Century of Glass Art: 240% sold by value and €2.12 million in bids.
House Sale From the piano nobile of Palazzo Corner Spinelli, Venice with over 80% sold per lot.
Opening of the representative office in Rome.
The annual turnover of the auction house once again exceeds €25 million and, with €27 million, it is the second largest auction house in Italy.
First auction house in Italy, a record-breaking year
Sale of a 16th-century German silver cup for €256,000, a record for the department and for a silver object sold in Italy
Sale of a Bianconi glass for €275,000, a new record for a glass sold in Italy
Sale of a 5.63-carat solitaire navette cut for €243,000
Sale of an Ecce Homo by Jan Sanders for €262,000
Sale of a Tibetan sculpture by Zanabazar for €4,735,000, a record for Cambi and the most expensive work ever sold at auction in Italy
House sale Taste, Furnishings and Homes. An Italian Collection: with €2,551,000 in bids, this is the most significant dispersal of a single property conducted by the auction house, the best way to celebrate Auction 300
Sale of a painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting Seneca's Death for €585,000, a record for the department of old master paintings and for the artist in Italy
Sale of a double-bodied Chinese porcelain vase for €682,000
The auction house's annual turnover exceeded €30 million for the first time and, with €35 million, it is the leading auction houseauction houses in Italy.
Record for Modern Art and Design
Move to the new headquarters at Via San Marco 22 in Milan which, with its 1,200 square metres of floor space and eight display windows, strengthens the presence of Casa d’Aste in the Lombardy region.
Record sales for an auction of Modern and Contemporary Art, which exceeded €2 million for the first time, with €2.65 million in proceeds.
Sale of De Chirico's Ettore e Andromaca for €262,000.
Sale of a painting by Cagnaccio di San Pietro for €162,000, a world record for the artist.
Sale of a portrait by Antonio Donghi for €212,000, the highest price ever paid for a work by the artist.
Opening of departments for Vintage Cars, Photography, Comic Book and Illustration Masters, Posters and Cards from the 1900s.
Record for a Fine Design auction with €1.46 million in sales for 130 lots.
Sale of a painting by Serodine for £337,500, a record for theartist worldwide.
Sale of a Chinese bronze sculpture for €218,000.
The auction house's annual turnover once again exceeded €27 million, making it the third largest auction house in Italy with €27.46 million.
Wines, Art de la table and Casa di Fantasia
Opening of the Fine and Collectible Wines department with great response from the sector market.
Opening of the Naturalia and Mirabilia department, headed by Iacopo Briano.
Inauguration of the L'Art de la Table, with a result of 178% in value.
Significant dispersion of works by Gio Ponti in the auction Casa di Fantasia, held in London in collaboration with Phillips, with proceeds of €2,275,000 for just 30 lots.
Absolute sales record for Gio Ponti with a pair of chests of drawers from Casa Lucano, which together totalled €681,500.
Sale of Umberto Boccioni's work Cover for Balilla Pratella's futurist music, dated 1912, for €212,500, the third best result ever for the artist.>
Sale of a 6.74-carat solitaire diamond for €262,500.
The auction house has an annual turnover of €27 million and is the fourth largest auction house in Italy.
Out of the Ordinary
Introducing the Out of the Ordinary auction, a project born from a collaboration with journalist Gianluca Nicoletti and with the participation of Sky and Radio24.
Design Loves Milano &is a charity auction in support of the Luigi Sacco Hospital in Milan, at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, with a total donation of €120,000.
Sale of 19 volumes of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's engraved work for €200,000, a record for the Antique Books department. Sale of a natural pearl necklace for €181,000.
In the Modern Art section, a rare work by Giuseppe Santomaso sold for €187,000. Richard Lin's extraordinary painting The Long and the Short sold for €194,000, while Non parto non resto by Alighiero Boetti went for €206,000.
However, the top lot of the year was the Ritratto di Antoine-Jean Gros by French painter Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun represents the top lot of the year,sold for €325,000.
The auction house's annual turnover exceeds €25 million. With €25.85 million, it is the third largest auction house in Italy.
The best year ever
Opening of the Numismatics department, directed by Paolo Crippa.
Opening of the Philately and Postal History Department, headed by Alessandro Arseni.
Important sale of a rare dinosaur for €298,000, a record in Italy.
White Glove Sale achieves 100% sold by lot and 250% by value for the wine auction.
First sale dedicated to Russian art.
Record for a Fine Design auction, €1.55 million with only 100 lots.
A Bazaar sofa by Superstudio sold for €156,300: a world record.
The house sale Villa Bucci Errani in Faenza realised €1.6 million, with 86% sold by lot and 256% by value.
Sale of a Venetian lacquered commode for €193,000.
Sale of a console with Venetian mirror for €181,300.
Sale of a 7.74-carat vivid yellow solitaire for €298,000.
Sale of a jar in Chinese porcelain, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), for €350,000.
Sale of a 17th-century Neapolitan School Maddalena for €462,000.
Held in Vicenza the Palazzo Loschi Zileri dal Verme auction house, which realised over €1.75 million with 106% sold by value.
2021 ends with a turnover of over €36.5 million: Cambi is the third largest auction house in Italy.
This is the best year ever for Cambi, which is expanding and further improving its offering.
Best Auction House in Italy
White glove Sale for the auction of numismatics auction, which with only 100 lots achieved the incredible figure of €3.5 million, setting numerous world records for the lots offered.
An Ark for Ukraine, Charity Auction conducted by Fabio Fazio
The auction of antique paintings on 15 June raises €2,280,000, the best result for the department
Extraordinary success for the auction Fine design auction, which surpassed last year's record with a turnover of almost €1,600,000
Hause sale Eclectica, the Home of designer Nicolo Castellini Baldiserra, with 86% sold, doubling initial estimates
Collaborations with leading Italian design brands, Fontana Arte and Saporiti at the ADI Design Museum in Milan.
Launch of the The One format, watch auctions held in prestigious Italian locations featuring wines, watches and cars
Hause sale Villa di Maser with over £1 million sold and 82% of lots sold, doubling estimates
November jewellery auction achieves €2,100,000, the best result for the department
Boucheron bracelet with diamonds sold for €496,000, an Italian record for a Boucheron jewel
Pablo Picasso, Homme a la tranche de pastèque sold for €310,000, an Italian record for a Picasso gouache
Solitaire brilliant cut of 6.58 ct sold for €244,000
Pair of chests of drawers by Piero Fornasetti sold for €225,000, an Italian record for the artist
Pair of 16th-century Venetian glass and bronze candlesticks sold for €219,000, a record for antique glass in Italy.
Francesco Paolo Michetti, L’Ottava, sold for €212,000, a world record for the artist.
Vitorio Amedeo I, 10 gold scudi from 1635 sold for €212,000, a world record
Carlo Emanuele II, 10 gold scudi from 1663 sold for €200,000 euros, a world record
Giuseppe Maggiollini, Work table sold for €185,000
Gaetano Gandolfi, series of four portraits sold for a total of €563,000
Cambi is crowned the best auction house in Italy in the Best of 2022 by Artribune
2022 ends with over €42 million and, for the third time in the last ten years, Cambi is the leading auction house in Italy in terms of turnover.
Lanza 2: The new Cambi Hub
Important figure of Lama Tzongkhapa seated on a gilded bronze lotus flower, Tibet, late 17th-early 18th century, sold for €352,100.
Exceptional Cosmograph Daytona ref 6263, sold for €206,350.
Work "John Fitzgerald Kennedy" (1961/63) by Sergio Lombardo sold for €162,600 and "Leone con zebra" by Antonio Ligabue (1954), sold for €175,100."p2">Splendid teapot by Manifattura Vezzi sold for €118,850.
Auction record for the work attributed to Jan Brueghel I, known as Brueghel the Velvet (1568 Brussels - 1625 Antwerp) and Joos De Momper the Younger (1564 Antwerp - 1635 Antwerp), 'Winter Landscape with Skaters', sold for €162,600
Terracotta vase by Ettore Sottsass (Prod. Bitossi, Italy, 1957) sold for €60,100.
The “Dimore italiane” auctions, dedicated to collections linked to specific residences, such as the Cesari residence in Rome, were a great success.
The creation of the Fashion Vintage department, offering an eclectic selection of fashion accessories, luxury handbags and high-quality vintage items.
Worth notingthe Charity Auction in collaboration with Fondazione LAPS X Progetto Arca for Housing Sociale Bodio.
Inauguration of the new innovative hub and logistics centre in Via Lanza 2 in Genoa, characterised by its 8,500 square metres of space.
Timed auction in collaboration with Saporiti Italia dedicated to the historic Miamina chair designed by Salvati and Tresoldi, on the occasion of the exhibition ART COLORS DESIGN / Salvati and Tresoldi x Saporiti Italia at the ADI Design Museum in Milan.
Cambi Casa d’Aste closes 2023 with a total turnover of £34,887,000 euros, 95 auctions held and 23,973 lots offered for auction
Auction 1000 and new records
World record for the sale of the work by Giovan Battista Langetti "Suicide of Cato" for €125,100.
A rare example of Patek Philippe sold for €550,100, a record for a watch at Cambi, and a rare Rolex Daytona sold for €143,850 (estimate €100,000 - €150,000).
From Angelo Morbelli, we recall the sales of Roofs under the Snow (1912) for €382,100, an Italian record, and Partita interessante for €206,350. We would also like to mention the sale of the painting by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo La Clementina, sold for €243,850, an Italian record in the last 10 years.
The sale of the sale of the rare chair by Carlo Mollino sold for €125,100, an Italian record.
October saw the most significant dispersal of a single private collection ever carried out by Cambi. With over 1,000 lots divided into three dedicated catalogues, it exceeded €3,400,000 in sales. This was our 1000 auction
There were important sales for the Modern and Contemporary Art department, such as the sale of the work "Zu oben durch blau" (1930) by Vasily Kandinsky for €670,100, a record for the Modern Art department and top lot of the year, and the sale of the sculpture Piccolo cavallo (1950) by Marino Marini, which sold for €346,100."p1">RLet us remember the large Chinese porcelain fish tank, Qianlong period, 18th century, sold for €137,000.p>
Cambi Casa d’Aste closes 2024 with extraordinary results, organising 99 auctions and offering 28,002 lots, with a turnover of €41,157,000 and is once again the leading auction house in Italy in terms of turnover.
Ancient Art debuts in Milan
The first Milanese edition of Fine Art Selection, dedicated to Ancient Art, totalled over €1,800,000 with only 132 lots, bringing the Department's total to €2.2 million. Among the top lots, a pair of parade vases from the Sèvres Manufactory, which sold for €466,100
In the field of modern art, Piero Manzoni with Tenderly (circa 1950), oil on panel, sold for €274,100. Also of great importance is Gerardo Dottori, with Volo sull’oceano (1929), sold for €250,100, one of the best recent results for Italian Futurism.
Among the most significant results of the year are two icons of international collecting: the Cartier Crash Paris in 18k yellow gold, which sold for €250,100, and thethe Rolex Cosmograph Daytona “Paul Newman”, sold for €231,350, both exceeding estimates, confirming the strength of thehigh-end vintage watch market. Excellent results were also achieved for antique and Baroque paintings, with a work by Alessandro Tiarini, Musa Clio (Allegory of History), sold for €193,850.
The important carved red coral from the Qing Dynasty (19th century), sold for €156,350euros;, as was the Daniel Roth Tourbillon 2187 in yellow gold, sold at the same price, confirming the growing interest in high-end independent watchmaking.
In the jewellery sector, high-quality diamonds performed well, such as the octagonal cut diamond weighing 6.75 ct, colour D, VVS2, sold for €141,350.
Numismatics closes the year's highlights, with the Carlino of Vittorio Amedeo III of Savoy (1773–1796), sold for €127,500, tripling the initial estimate. Organised a charity design auction - in collaboration with the Francesca Rava Foundation, the law firm Gianni & Origoni and Fuorisalone, with the participation of the most important companies in the sector - and the second edition of the "Insieme" charity dinner with Villaggio per Amico.
The official partnership with Engel & Völkers Milano and Banca Generali.
2025 proved to be a year of consolidation and structural growth for Cambi Casa d'Aste, which closed the financial year with a total turnover of €42.45 million, over 33,000 lots offered and a percentage of sales by value equal to 107%, once again positioning itself as the leading auction house in Italy in terms of turnover.