Prototypes and rare watches at auction in favor of cancer research Antiquorum, RCS MediaGroup and Unicredit together with the important horological brands

The Italian headquarters of Antiquorum, a leading auction house in the field of horology, is proud to announce its first auction in Italy since its Italian offices opened in 1998.
This will be a charity auction, called L'Alta Orologeria per AIRC, the profits from which will go to AIRC (Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro).
The sale will take place on November 24 November, at 3 P.M., in the Sala Buzzati of the historic Corriere della Sera headquarters; it is also possible to take part in the auction by means of written bids, telephone bids, and online bidding. The lots in the sale will be available for viewing by the public in the Aula Magna of the Milan branch of Unicredit On November 22 and 23 in room 24.

All the lots in the sale, for the moment 41 of them, are to be sold without reserve, and without any added buyer’s or seller’s commission or taxes.

Here follow the names of the manufactures that took part, with great enthusiasm, donating prototypes or rare watches to AIRC: Audemars Piguet, Bulgari, Chronoswiss, Corum, Cuervo Y Sobrinos, De Bethune, Eberhard, Girard Perregaux, Glashütte Original, Graham, Grimoldi, Hermes, Hublot, IWC, ITA, Jaquet Droz, Jean Richard, Jaeger Le Coultre, Locman, Maranello,
Montre De Luxe, Omega, Panerai, Parmigiani, Paul Picot, Porsche Design, Tag Heuer, Terra Cielo Mare, Ulysse Nardin, Universal, Vacheron Constantin, Wyler Geneve, Zenith.

Other manufactures who were unable to send their watches in time to be included in the catalogue, such as Zenith, have still decided to participate.

The auction is dedicated to Disma Sutti, Edoardo Giardiello, Florindo Rossi, Franco Nencini, Franz Frielingsdorf, Gian Piero Grollo, Giorgio Corvo, Jader Barracca, Leonardo Pagani, Palmiro Monti, Pippo Cardillo, Raffaela Monti, Renato Marini, Roberto Carlotti, and all those who have worked in Italian horology over the past twenty years, and are no longer with us. 
The catalogue is already available. For further information, please contact the Milan Antiquorum office.

Viewing:

MILAN
Thursday 22 & Friday 23 November 2007
Unicredit
Aula Magna
Via Tommaso Grossi, 10
10 A.M. – 7 P.M.
Info: Tel. +39-02-876625

Saturday 24 November 2007
Sala Buzzati
Via Balzan, 3
Milan
From 12 P.M.
Info: Tel. +39-02-876625

SPONSORS: Cesare Gualdoni, for the photography of the watches, Pisa Orologeria, for the showcases and catering service during the auction, ZeroComputing for the Internet Service and Ferrari for security and transportation.

Auction

Sala Buzzati

Saturday November 24 at 3 P.M.

FREE VALUATIONS IN MILAN
14 – 15 NOVEMBER
Antiquorum Auctioneers

Antiquorum is indisputably the leading international auction house in the field of horology. It was founded in Geneva in 1974. An impressive 44 of the 62 watches sold publicly by a major auction house for over SFr. 1,000,000 were sold by Antiquorum. In 2002, Antiquorum set the all-time world record for a wristwatch at auction, selling a unique 1939 platinum Patek Philippe World Time Ref. 1415 for US$ 4,026,524 (SFr. 6,603,500) - more than double the previous world record. A further record was set at Antiquorum’s 30th anniversary auction in 2004, with the unique Patek Philippe white gold Calibre 89 (the most complicated watch in the world) that sold for US$ 5,002,652 (SFr. 6,603,500). Antiquorum holds 10 sales a year, in Geneva, New York and Hong Kong; these are preceded by pre-sale exhibitions in the major cities in the world. In addition to its auction centers in Geneva, New York, and Hong Kong, Antiquorum maintains offices and agents in Paris, Milan, London, Munich, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Russia.