All memorabilia and treasures from House of Savoy they will goauctionWord of Emanuele Filiberto. The prince told the “Corriere della sera”, where he gave more details about the objects and furnishings that have so far occupied the property on Vesenaz hill and will soon go under the hammer. Furniture, chests, jewelry, motorcycles and many other valuables with a total value of almost 150,000 Swiss francs. Among other things, photographs depicting kings also appear Victor Emmanuel III In the company of Benito Mussolini.
House of Savoy at auction, Emanuele Filiberto sells everything (or almost everything)
“The two motorcycles are mine,” comments Emanuele Filiberto for “Corriere della sera” and presents the unprecedented initiative: all family treasures will be sold out at an auction.
Some of the treasures are available in an online auction until September 18th, and from September 20th the rest will be auctioned off by the auction house Geneva Encheres based in Geneva.
Emanuele Filiberto is auctioning off the treasures of the House of Savoy: furniture, jewelry, paintings, photographs, silverware and even two motorcycles
What does the total inventory consist of? It’s hard to list everything: Emanuele Filiberto is auctioning Lichtenstein’s paintings, a marble table and “everything.” Furniture designed by my mother for the Villa Vesenaz in Switzerland”.
Here too there are jewels that were not part of the Savoia collection and two motorcycles, one of them Indian Sports Scout It is a Agustaboth ridden by the same little prince.
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However, Emanuele Filiberto will keep many other things to himself. He explains to the “Corriere”: “All the books of the House of Savoy from the collection of my grandfather King Umberto II and my great-grandfather King Vittorio Emanuele III. as well as the ancient paintings and silverware associated with the history of the House of Savoy.” The House of Savoy is certain: I will keep it in my apartmentswill not be auctioned.”
The photo of Vittorio Emanuele III. with Mussolini
Among the objects that we find in the extensive collection of precious goods auctioned by Emanuele Filiberto are also some photographs of King Vittorio Emanuele III. accompanied by Mussolini.
The recordings are from that time Lateran Treatiesbut history remembers that the Duce of fascism and the king always confined himself to the formalities of government and their relations never bordered on friendship.
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Rather, Vittorio Emanuele III saw. with dark foreboding the Rome-Berlin axis, which led the Duce’s Italy to fraternize with Germany Adolf Hitler. There’s even a shot that shows the king next to Mussolini and the Nazi dictator.
The legal dispute between the Savoy heirs and the Bank of Italy
In 2022, the Savoy’s heirs, notably Emanuele Filiberto along with his daughters Maria Beatrice, Maria Pia and Maria Gabriella, claimed the treasures stored in a safe in the house Bank of Italy for 75 years.
There are 6,732 diamonds and 2,000 pearls with a total value of 300 million eurosalthough Bulgari noted in the 1960s that it was a few million.
For this reason, the Savoyards have threatened to sue the Presidency. In an interview with “Corriere”, Emanuele Filiberto returned to the topic: “The lawsuit continues“I will not stop trying to get the House of Savoy family jewels back.”
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