World preview: auction with payment in main criptocurrencies

For the first time in the world Sant’Agostino auction house in Turin will accept from the next auction the payment through the main criptocurrency.

The Sant’Agostino’s Auction House is proud to announce an exclusive worldwide of the possibility of making the payments of the hesitated lots through the conveyance of criptocurrencies: more precisely they will be accepted Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC ). The new type of financial transfers, through this new, growing and interesting reality, will enable many clients to benefit from the auction house:  lower bank transfer costs # transfer time and instantaneous reception confirmation # on-site certification of payment receipt without intermediaries, delays or complications # there is no transfer complication, thanks to a „2-step” process that ensures the security of reception # instant payment certification, by automatic placement of the transaction in the BlockChain mon-Dial network of the affected currency.

„Criptocurrencies have become a powerful financial instrument whose development and use has enabled the creation of a new ecosystem in the ICT, financial and notarial sector over the last five years. In this sense, Sant’Agostino’s Auction House, through the support of AORNET, is proud to be the first auction house in the world to do that.”, according to the press release.

It is possible to participate to the auction either in the sale room, by telephone, or with a written bid or by web registering on the website www.santagostinoaste.it.

The 143rd design’s auction will be on 23 and 24 October 2017 at 4 pm in Turin at The Santagostino’s auction at Corso Alessandro Tassoni 56. The 143 auction is dedicated to design and will hesitate over six hundred lots between furnitures and objects of Italian and international production.

Among the tops of the 143rd auction there are three modular armchairs signed by Ico Parisi, produced by Cassina in 1958, and the LB7 bookcase by Franco Albini produced by Poggi 1957. Furniture, chairs and armchairs signed by Gio Ponti are always timeless: it will be possible to win a pair of armchairs mod. 646 produced by Cassina in the ’50s. In a previous auction, two rare armchairs of the 30’s designed by Gio Ponti and produced by Casa e Giardino were been sold with award records  at 50,000 euros.

The main criptocurrencies will also be accepted in the next auction of 27 and 28 November 2017 dedicated to paintings, jewelery and watches.

Source: Sant’Agostino’s Auction House