Michelangelo’s scribble sells for $200,000 at New York auction

Though unsigned by Michelangelo, Christie's said that research confirmed the great Italian artist was responsible for the small drawing.A square scribbled on a yellowed piece of paper by Renaissance genius Michelangelo sold for $201,600, this is 33 times its estimated value, auction house Christie’s said Wednesday.

Found stuck to the back of a frame, the small drawing accompanied by a letter from Michelangelo’s last direct descendant was initially expected to sell for between $6,000 and $8,000. But Christie’s in New York said the piece went under the hammer for “33.6 times its low estimate,” without disclosing any details of the buyer.The small work depicts a block of marble, with the word “simile,” or “similar” in English. It is believed to have been drawn while Michelangelo worked on his famed Sistine Chapel ceiling, a Christie’s specialist told AFP in January.

Though unsigned by Michelangelo, Christie’s said that research confirmed the great Italian artist was responsible for the small drawing. Fewer than 10 of Michelangelo’s works are thought to be privately owned, according to Christie’s, with most housed in the Casa Buonarroti, a museum in Florence, Italy.‘I’ll never allow this nonsense’ − Gayton McKenzie on councillor allegedly ‘trying to stop EFF Town Hall rally’

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