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What kind of watch does a pilot wear when pushing an aircraft to its limits? For Ettore Wengi, one of Italy’s celebrated test pilots, the answer was a pink gold Rolex reference 6032. A member of the legendary “Squadriglia Folle”, or Mad Squadron, Wengi belonged to a generation for whom the sky was an invitation to go further. His Rolex was more than a beautiful object: it was a companion to a life spent testing the boundaries of flight.
As Van Gogh’s iconic Châtaigniers en fleurs appears at auction—as part of Legendary: The Blaquier-Arrieta Collection—we are unpicking how Sotheby’s estimates a historic masterpiece for auction..

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