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The Ministry of Justice, through the Asset Recovery and Management Office (ORGA), has put up for auction a total of 1,259 lots composed of various objects whose value is estimated at more than 300,000 euros. All these items, which will be auctioned online through the specialized portal
Escrapaliacome from lots seized by court rulings.
According to the Department directed by Pilar Llop, on this occasion, the auction includes articles as varied as carpets, pictures, furniture, clocks, crockery, books and miscellaneous items dated and cataloged through an agreement with the Ministry of Culture. Some of the oldest are from the 18th century.
The auction of the items, which have a starting price of between 10 and 150 euros, has been arranged in a total of five eventswhich will be held until the end of next June.
The first of them, currently active and in the bidding period until April 27, has a total of 245 lots. Among the objects auctioned are Limoges porcelain tableware, rosewood decanters or a painting signed by Genaro Palauentitled ‘Landscape’.
From paintings to rugs
The second event, in which 250 lots will be auctioned, begins on April 27, with an end date set for May 10. Among the most outstanding articles we can mention a facsimile edition of the book ‘Jazz’ by the painter Henri Matisse, Turkish kilim rugs or the watercolor ‘Pastoral’, by the sculptor and painter Julio Gonzalez Pellicer.
From May 11, bids will be opened for the 264 lots that are auctioned in the third event, which will end on May 25. It also has valuable objects, such as del Atlas ‘National Geographic’, first known in history, or the ‘Shaera celestis et planetarum descriptio’. Likewise, you can buy Iranian Gabbeh rugs, handmade by nomads in the region, or furniture such as a Louis Philippe wardrobe.
The fourth event, for which 250 lots are reserved, will open to the public on May 25, ending on June 8. Among many other articles of interest, jewels such as a neo-gothic wooden oratory, 17th century wood carvings the ‘art broderie’ tapestries from Uzbekistan.
The last event will begin on June 8 and end on the 22nd of the same month, with a total of 250 lots being auctioned with objects such as a Buddhist funerary urn from the kingdom of Dali, a drawing of Genaro Lahuerta titled ‘Female Nude’, the lithograph ‘Forms’, by Chillidao el facsim ‘Spain Nova Denineatio’ by Enrique Cook.
Funds for victims
The ORGA is an auxiliary body of the Administration of Justice through which the courts have a tool with which to effectively sell confiscated assets. In this way, the condemned are deprived of the fruit of their illicit activity and a higher benefit is obtained to satisfy the compensation that has been agreed for the victims.
The ORGA auctions, held through Escrapalia, are open to all types of public. To access them, it is necessary to deposit a deposit of 50 euros, which, in the event of purchasing a lot, will be deducted from its amount, while if no purchase is made, it will be returned in full.
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