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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fridolina, post: 3230981, member: 17433&quot;]Cameo of Erato. Antonio Santarelli.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bonhams, London</p><p>11 Dec 2017</p><p>Sold for £1,625</p><p><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24171/lot/413/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24171/lot/413/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24171/lot/413/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The same cameo, less than a year later.</p><p>Bertolami, London</p><p>9 November 2018</p><p>[ATTACH=full]297041[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sold for £4,900</p><p><a href="https://auctions.bertolamifinearts.com/en/lot/39992/an-agate-cameo-by-ga-santarelli-mounted-/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.bertolamifinearts.com/en/lot/39992/an-agate-cameo-by-ga-santarelli-mounted-/" rel="nofollow">https://auctions.bertolamifinearts.com/en/lot/39992/an-agate-cameo-by-ga-santarelli-mounted-/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Either cameos become more appreciated or the money gets cheaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Bertolami’s catalog and exactly as Bronwen said:</p><p>“Such model most likely derives from an ancient one, as evidenced by the cast (within the Paoletti repertoire) classified as a work by Antonio Santarelli (1758-1826) and referred to as &quot;Citerista, da una pittura di Ercolano&quot; - &quot;zitherist/guitarist, from a painting in Ercolano&quot; (see the wall paintings of Pompeii). The cameo is signed SANTARELLI F.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronwen, you should be a consultant to a posh auction house.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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