1959 founder gian marco manusardi headquarters milan products fine arts revenue eur 19.4 million 28 million in 2006 1 divisions finarte milano finarte roma finarte venezia website finarte.com finarte is an italian auction house based in milan . it is one of the most renowned auction houses in italy with great importance on the international market . it went bankrupt in fall 2011 though it has been relaunched in 2014 with the backing of italian investors . besides offering financial services in every art field it provides consultancies in sales private funding pre fundings extensions on acquisitions sales on commercial portfolios and heritage amministration . 2 finarte has been listed on the milan stock exchange from 1970 . it has operational bases in milan rome and venice . contents 1 history 2 strategy 3 external links 4 references history edit finarte was founded by an italian banker gian marco manusardi in milan in 1959 . the aim was to assist collectioners and operators in the purchase and sales of art works . finarte became a pioneer in the provision of financial services and products including sales advances loans using art as collateral and hire purchase financing . finarte was the first firm in the world to operate financings in a field that did not have credit near the banking institutions . 3 the company also has joint venture auction operations in spain and switzerland and is part of the italian national association of auction houses 1 . strategy edit finarte auction house has chosen a precise strategy to organize specific auctions for specific kind of objects . there are a lot of sections which include silverware jewels and watches books and printings old furniture majolica and porcelain objects carpets and textiles . finarte also deals with modern and contemporary art without neglecting paintings of the 19th century . 4 external links edit official site of finarte an article on www.theluxury.org entitled auction of luxury jewelry and vintage watches for sale from finarte 2010 09 13 article entitled finarte announce black out over auction results antiques gazette 2009 11 09 an article on gian marco manusardi references edit http www.answers.com topic finarte casa d aste s p a http www.finarte.it chisiamo profilo.php http www.finarte.it chisiamo storia finarte.php http www.rome explorer.com rome guide auction rome.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title finarte & oldid 720591850 categories auction houses navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 16 may 2016 at 20 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view