Rekindled passion From: The Spectator | Date: October 11, 2003| Author: | Copyright Spectator Oct 11, 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Susan Moore on how the Italians have come back into the art market

It was not only Italian property prices that soared after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's amnesty encouraging citizens to repatriate their money. Apart from bricks and mortar, the Italians, it seems, have rekindled their passion for buying works of art. At the Old Master paintings sales in London in July, it was clear from the swell of chatter at the back of Sotheby's and Christie's salerooms that the dealers and collectors were back in the international market in force. The fevered bidding was reminiscent of the bad old ...

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