Ask archive Giorgio Vasari foiled

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Tuesday, 9 March, the auction archive of the Renaissance painter and writer Giorgio Vasari was disrupted for several minutes before the start. It is reported by Italian news agency ANSA.

According to the lawyer of the family Festari, which is still owned the paper, the reason for cancellation of trades was low starting price of the lot - 2,6 million euros. According to ANSA, previously some independent experts assessed the archive in the amount of ten times greater. Complaint to the bar too low a starting judge has engaged in auctions.

In the three dozen folders that are auctioned, among other things, contains the letters of Michelangelo, a few of the pontiffs of the Catholic Church and many other famous Italians, who lived in the XVI century.

Attempts to sell the archive accompanied by numerous scandals, making history with papers Vasari was one of the loudest in the Italian press. Initially, it was reported that the archive was forcibly sold for 2,5 million euros for the debts of the owner, Count Giovanni Festari. Then it turned out that the Italian was able to leave the paper in their own and offered to sell them much more expensive, and abroad.

This was opposed by Italian officials, who said that the archive Vasari is a national treasure and should remain in the country. According to recent data, even if the paper could sell to an individual (particularly a foreigner), they still will not be able to leave the Tuscan city of Arezzo.

It was reported that Festari allegedly struck a deal with some businessmen from Russia, which laid out the paper for a fantastic sum of 150 million euros. In September 2009, newspapers reported that Russia's oligarch buyer allegedly killed in a car crash, with another two weeks before the deal officially accomplished.

Now ANSA wrote that in reality nobody archive never sold, and the story of the mysterious Russian oligarch was a ruse. Thus sellers supposedly going to force the state to enter into a fierce struggle for the paper Vasari and buy them at an inflated price. In particular, the famous art historian and politician Vittorio Sgarbi said that no matter how important was the archive Vasari, it can not cost more than 10 million euros.

In November 2009 the Italian state-owned company Equitalia described the archive for the debts and put it on the auction, which was to be held on March 9, reported ANSA.

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Italian police arrested the archive of the outstanding figure of the Renaissance, Giorgio Vasari, exhibited for sale, according to ANSA. What the authorities explained the confiscation of papers, not reported.

Representative of the family of Count Festari, which sells the archive, a lawyer Kozulichi Guido (Guido Cosulich), at the same time said that the way the state tries to gain time to buy their own instruments, and at a lower price. According to counsel, the authorities, to raise money, it was time to Monday, March 29.

Sales Archives Vasari was accompanied by numerous scandals, the most prominent of which was that of purchasing securities by some Russian businessman to pay for the archive of 150 million euros. Immediately thereafter, followed by information that the mystery shopper was killed in a car accident.

Skeptics have argued that these reports - an invention Festari heirs, who want to force the government to join the bidding and purchase documents Vasari at exorbitant prices. Kozulichi, however, said that this is not true and that the company late Russians (supposedly named Ross Engineering) continued to struggle for paper Vasari. Because of this, police had to confiscate the archives, says the lawyer.

It was reported that because of the status of the national heritage Vasari paper will not be able to leave the city of Arezzo, even in the event that will be sold to other party. According to counsel families Festari, mysterious Russian buyer of this fact has not stopped.

In November 2009 the Italian state company Equitalia described the archive for the debts and put it up for auction. He was to be held on March 9, but the family managed to break Festari bidding. Heirs of the deceased Earl did not like the low estimate archive - 2,6 million euros.

Among the papers by Giorgio Vasari, according to some sources, there are 17 letters of Michelangelo, the correspondence of several pontiffs of the Catholic Church, as well as other famous Italian XVI century.

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