Priced at 471 million euros, the Aurora villa in Italy does not find takers for the moment

No buyer has made an offer for this property, among the most expensive in the world.A next auction will be organized, with a price revised downwards 20%.

The sumptuous Roman villa of the princes Ludavisi Boncompani, auction on Tuesday for almost half a billion euros, did not find a buyer, the notary in charge of the sale of sale announced to AFP.Property of an ancient family of the Roman nobility, Villa Aurora, or Casino de l'Aurore, was put at prices 471 million euros, including 350 million for the painting of Caravaggio which adorns a monumental ceiling.

"No one participated in the auction," said Camillo Verde.The next sale will take place on April 7 for a revised estimate of 376.8 million euros, a rebate of 20%.

The work of the Caravaggio (his real name Michelangelo Merisi, 1571-1610), which would date from 1597, is on the first floor of the house.This oil painting of the chiaroscuro master, who died prematurely at 38 years, represents Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune with the terrestrial globe and the signs of the zodiac.

Litigation between heirs

In addition to exceptional painting, this house of 2.800 m2, located in the center of Rome between the famous via Veneto, the cradle of La Dolce Vita, and the Place d'Espagne, is home to frescoes from Guerchin (1591-1666) and a sumptuous garden.

The auction was decided by a court in Rome to put an end to the bibes between the heirs of Prince Nicolo Ludovisi Boncompani, head of this ancient family of the Roman nobility who died in 2018.The dispute opposes the third and last wife of the prince, Rita Jenrette Boncompani Ludovisi, a 72 -year -old American -style American who posed for Playboy, to children born from her first marriage.

Many Italians would like the property to remain Italian rather than falling into the handle of a wealthy stranger and asking the State to buy themselves.But the investment is considerable in the context of the economic recovery initiated by the third economy in the euro zone after months and months of confinement and slowdown in activity.

Under Italian legislation, the government can only exercise its right of pre -emption after its effective acquisition by an individual, within 60 days after the conclusion of the sale and by proposing the same purchase price.

One of the most expensive properties of the globe

If Villa Aurora finds a taker at 376.8 million euros, it will become one of the most expensive residences in the world.If it is complicated to draw up an exhaustive list of the most expensive real estate in the world (because there is no reliable database on this subject), several sales have reached heights in recent years.In New York for example, an apartment sold $ 238 million in 2019, a historic record for housing in the United States.In France, the Villa Les Cedres, located on the peninsula of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat between Nice and Monaco, had been put up for sale in 2017 for 350 million euros.We also know that in 2015 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Salmane had bought the "Louis XIV Château", near Paris, for 275 million euros.In 2018, a villa in a popular district of Hong Kong was on its side for sale for $ 446 million through Christie's.

However, there is always a very clear difference between the price requested and the price paid for this kind of goods, with large negotiations in the key.For example, The One, a huge villa in Los Angeles, was estimated by its owner originally $ 500 million.After the latter's bankruptcy, the house was on sale at $ 295 million a few days ago.But we do not yet know at what price she will really leave, auctions to take place in February if there is no offer on good by then.