BONHAMS APPOINTS GIROLAMO TIBERI VENTURUCCI AS HEAD OF ROMA OFFICE, SOUTH ITALY AND TUSCANY
Paris – Bonhams has appointed Girolamo Tiberi Venturucci as Head of Roma office, South Italy and Tuscany region with immediate effect (June 2025). He will be based in Roma (Italy). Italian born, Girolamo has grown up in Florence in a family working in the art business. He studied philosophical sciences in Università degli Studi di Firenze.
He started his career in London as an Intern at Sotheby’s and then worked for Carlo Orsi - Trinity Fine Art as Assistant, and then in galleries as Researcher, Business Developer and Cataloguer before relocating back to Italy working for a local auction house in the position of Assistant into the Furniture, Old Master Paintings and Old Master Sculptures departments. He then took the opportunity to relocate in Singapore working as General Valuer for a local auction house in 2023 and 2024 and finally decided to come back in Italy working as consultant in the furniture and works of art field.
Girolamo speaks fluently Italian, English and has a good command of French, German and Spanish.
“This is a very exciting challenge. It gives me great pleasure to be involved in the further development of the Italian market for this long-established auction house, to which I can bring my energy and my specialist knowledge. I look forward to liaising with clients from my homeland and offering them our expertise and services as an international market leader. I am also looking forward to strengthening the Bonhams brand among Italian collectors.”
“We are delighted to have Girolamo represent us in Roma and the adjacent regions of South Italy and Tuscany. His personal and professional networks and his arts training will help us to build on our growing success in the region. I look forward to working with him.”
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Founded in 1793, Bonhams has representatives in more than 30 countries and operates flagship salerooms in London, New York, Paris, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong. In 2022, Bonhams added four international auction houses to its network: Bukowskis, Stockholm; Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen; Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris and Brussels; and Skinner, Massachusetts. The success of Bonhams’ global strategy is a result of recognising the shift in growing intercontinental buying and increased digital engagement. More information HERE
In 2023, Bonhams achieved 14% growth with $1.14 billion in turnover. Recent important auctions and landmark single-owner collections, include the white glove sales of Sir Michael Caine: The Personal Collection, Alain Delon: Sixty Years of Passion; Sir Roger Moore: The Personal Collection; Personal Property of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and The Robert & Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting. Other notable single-owner sales included The Estate of Barbara Walters: American Icon; The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection; The Crown Auction: Props and Costumes and The Claude de Marteau Collection.
Top lots for 2023 include 1967 Ferrari 412P Berlinetta, Sold at Quail Lodge, US for US$30,255,000. Tipu Sultan’s Bedchamber Sword (sold in London for £14m – a world record for both an Islamic and an Indian object); Paul Signac (1863-1935), Sisteron, 1902. Sold for US$8,580,000 (estimate US$4-6 million), and Claude Monet (1840-1926), La Seine près de Giverny, 1888. Sold for US$6,352,500 (estimate US$4-6m), both from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection; A Gilt Copper Alloy figure of Virupaksha, Central Tibet, Densatil Monastery, Early 15th century. Sold for HK$37.9m (£4,060,326) in Hong Kong. Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959) Three Stars. Sold for HK$36,754,000 (£3,930,914, also in Hong Kong
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