Paris Apartment Left Untouched For 70 Years Reveals Socialites Dramatic Past

Time For Auction

Through all of this research, they were able to confirm that the portrait of Marthe de Florian was a true Boldini work. They went to auction it up, as there were literally no other family to take ownership. They started it at a meek $331,000, but after 10 bidders went into an all out war, it ended up selling for $3.4 million. This was a world record for any of the Italian artists works. Ottavi said of the auction, “It was a magic moment. One could see that the buyer loved the painting; he paid the passion.”