The art and collectibles market is set to experience a week of extraordinary intensity between March 19 and March 25, 2026. Opening the dances on March 19 is Il Ponte, which in Milan offers an auction dedicated to Philately. Also on the same day is Wannenes House with Books and Manuscripts (web-only auction). At the same time in Rome, Colasanti opens on March 19 a sale dedicated toModern and Contemporary Art, a theme that is also echoed in the halls of Capitolium Art, engaged on March 19 and 20 with an online auction of 20th-century Design and Decorative Arts. From March 20, Wannenes offers Old Masters and 19th-century Paintings (web-only auction).
Blindarte continues through March 20 its sessions of Antique and Nineteenth-Century Paintings and Modern and Contemporary Art, while from March 20 Maison Bibelot enlivens the period with its Vintagemania auction and continues its sale of Modern and Contemporary Art through March 26. On the other hand, from March 19-20 Finarte presents the live auction Important Ancient Arms, Armor, Orders and Militaria in Sarzana. Fabiani Arte also fits into the weekend with a live sale of Modern and Contemporary Art scheduled for March 21. On the same day, Wannenes returns, presenting Modern Works and Author’s Multiples (web-only auction).
On March 24 Capitolium Art is active online with Virtual Modern and Contemporary Art, while Bertolami Fine Art presents the auction (online and timed) Art of the 1800s, Modern and Contemporary. Also on March 24, Cambi, ends the Numismatic Light auction in Milan, while Finarte and Wannenes offer I Maestri del Fumetto Europeo in Milan and A collection of marbles, objets d’art, furniture and sculptures in Genoa. From March 24 Il Ponte offers Antique Furniture and Paintings, on March 25 Cambi ends the Milan Jewels and Design 200 auctions , and Finarte instead presents MADE IN USA: Superheroes & Comic Strip in Milan. Farsetti opensModern, Contemporary and Graphic Art on March 25 and Wannenes offers the second part of the Genoese auction A collection of marbles, objets d’art, furniture and sculpture.
Widening the gaze beyond Italian borders, the European market shows a driving force, with Paris, New York and Hong Kong in the foreground.Opening the international curtain on March 19 is Christie’s, with its London session devoted to the Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale, while Sotheby ’s presents Liquid Jade: Moutai + Tea Treasures in Hong Kong and concludes in New Tork Winter Private Sales Selling Exhibition. On the same day Christie’s concludes in New York Jewels Online while Artcurial concludes ART INTERNATIONAL AVANT 1900 ONLINE. Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr is confirmed as a global player with a series of appointments on March 19 ranging from Fine Jewellery, Paris in Paris to Modern & Contemporary African Art in London, continuing on the same day with the live auction in Los Angeles Modern Design | Art. On March 19, in Vienna, Dorotheum focuses instead on accessibility and technical collecting with online auctions of Men’s Watches & Accessories, Modern & Contemporary Art, Modern Austrian Art and Contemporary & Modern Austrian Art. Also on the same day in Paris is Tajan concluding Eclectic, while Piguet in Geneva, launches Lots 2461 à 2618 - Maroquinerie de luxe, Lots 2619 à 2949 - Montres et accessoires, Lots 2950 à 3060 - Un siècle de Joaillerie, Lots 3061 à 3374 - Bijoux under CHF 1’000 and Lots 3375 à 3679 - Bijoux, Haute Joaillerie. On March 20, Bonhams is active with its online session dedicated to Dior - From the Vault while Artcurial ends its PRINTS & MULTIPLES ONLINE.
On March 23, Piasa ends its online auction REI KAWAKUBO & COMME DES GARÇONS : HOMME PLUS, 1980-1999 while Sotheby’s ends its New York NBA Auctions Premier: Rookie Debut Collection. On March 23Phillips responds from Hong Kong’s Hong Kong Jewels: Online Auction. On March 24 Dorotheum returns to Vienna with a new selection of Watches. On March 24 Sotheby’ s continues in London Prints & Multiples, in New York Indian & Himalayan Art, including Property from the Zimmerman Family Collection, while in Hong Kong the auction house finishes A Barrel From Macallan Distillery. On the same day Tajan concludes CHARITY WINES & SPIRITS AUCTION - PART 2 in Paris, and Artcurial ends the LIVRES & MANUSCRITS ONLINE auction. On March 24 Christie’s, is present instead in New York with Japanese and Korean Arteand in Paris with La bibliothèque poétique de Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, 4e partie. On March 24, Piasa is active with ART + DESIGN AN EYE FOR MODERN FORM, ART + DESIGN FROM LONDON TO PARIS and DESIGN A COLLECTOR OF GEORGE NAKASHIMA. The finale of the column is given, on March 25, to Tajan with the Paris auction DECORATIVE ARTS & DESIGN and Christie’s with South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art. Phillips is also featured on March 25 in Hong Kong with PHILLIPS WATCHES ONLINE AUCTION: THE HONG KONG SESSIONS, SPRING 2026 (wristwatches), while Artcurial offers DESSINS ANCIENS & DU XIXE SIÈCLE.
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