SCARCITIES

An exhibit of very rare objects obtained mainly by Carlo Sacco during his trips to Asia, but also documents bearing witness of a significant colonial occupation from several european countries. Rare paper documents alongside a great deal of photographs covering mainly wars' scenes and expeditions, but also objects, ancient coins, stamps and various evidences of italian modern history. A collection of every day items emerging from the past with the marks of various succeeding generations.  Every item has its own history: chinese ancient pottery rediscovered in the south China sea, amulets, rare photographs and documents' findings of expeditions among others, form part of a unique exhibit which reveals itself to the curiosity of general public and whoever wish to explore the connection of every single item with man's history. These unique artifacts indeed witness moments of lives lived and a lost world which it's up to us to revaluate.

Never issued Badoglio's Stamp series 1943. Carlo Sacco Collection. Chinese Coin minted during Mao's Long March in Shensi Region.Carlo Sacco Collection. Indian Ivory Jewellery Box XIX th  century with golden rajasthani  ''nath''.Carlo Sacco Collection.
 Vietnamese ''Le period'' kendi coming from shipwreck cargo. Carlo Sacco Collection.Albumen photograph of behaded hanging along a street wall at Tien Tsin during Boxer's Uprising. 1901 Carlo Sacco Collection.Body of soldier hanging from a tree after the explosion of a bomb during 1st ww. Avocourt (France).Carlo Sacco Collection.
Davidoff Dom Perignon Cigar on the table with Fidel Castro Korda's photograph. Carlo Sacco Collection.
 John F.Kennedy ''Petit Upmann Cigars''. Carlo Sacco Collection.
Cham Teapot as gift to Carlo Sacco by the  General Vo Nguyen Giap's personal photographer Nguyen Van Ku. Hanoi, Vietnam 2008.Carlo Sacco Collection.Montecristo Cigar Box with personalized carved name of Sven Hedin as Gift of the editor Brockhaus to the famous explorer. Carlo Sacco Collection.
East India Company silver coins with others indian local state coins. Carlo Sacco Collection.
State of the Church passaport delivered by Pope Pius IX. Carlo Sacco Collection.
Photographical Pochettes used as negative film containers during 1900.Carlo Sacco collection.
Drawer for typography used for displaying of thai amulets.  XIX Century. Carlo Sacco Collection.
Crowd  in Chiusi Railway Station waiting for the train transporting Adolf Hitler to Rome for the meeting with Benito Mussolini. 1938Departure of 1967  Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race. Carlo Sacco Collection.Mao Tse Tung during the '' Long March''photograph by Mao's personal photographer Hu Po.Carlo Sacco Collection.
Map of operation area of Risorgimento Partisan Brigade drawn by Solismo Sacco. 1944 .Carlo Sacco Collection. Original gift by Pope Giovanni XXIII given to distinguished visitors. Carlo Sacco Collection.
Two Pounds King George III Gold Coin 1823. 3rd grade rarity. Carlo Sacco Collection. -  Queen's Victoria One Pound Gold Coin 1859 Ansell Type.Estimed 15 to 25 pieces existing nowdays.Carlo Sacco Collection.Queen's Victoria Gold coin 1874 London Mint.Estimed less than 15 pieces existing. 4th Grade Rarity.Carlo Sacco Collection.
Dante Alighieri's 500 lire Silver Coin 1965 carved and signed on the occasion by engraver Prof. Verginelli. Special gift to Amedeo Di Cicco. Unic piece existing . Carlo Sacco Collection.Rare Egyptian Cigarette Boxes.Circa 1960. Carlo Sacco Collection.
Roster of Risorgimento Partisan Brigade and very rare 1944 PCI provisional card and other rare politic cards.Carlo Sacco Collection.
Silver Medal of Maria Theresa of Austria.Carlo Sacco Collection.
Cover addressed to Dr.Hummel,Sven Hedin's Expedition member to China .1928.Carlo Sacco Collection.Photographs of nazi leaders taken by Soviet in Berlin on 1945.Himmler, Hitler, Goering.Carlo Sacco Collection.Cobra snake leather and Tibetan Flint wallets.Carlo Sacco Collection.Drawn ivory piece depicting a Maharaja with concubines and maids. XIX th century.Carlo Sacco Collection.
American Psycological Propaganda Flyers used during Vietnam War and photograph of High Grade Military ARVN South Vietnamese  guerrilla  meeting where the last attack to Saigon was decided. 1975.Carlo Sacco Collection.
Postcards sent by  Tiziano Terzani to Carlo Sacco during his illness. Carlo Sacco Collection.
Gold and Silver indian coins of the period of East India Company.Carlo Sacco Collection.
Golden South India State coins. Carlo Sacco Collection.
Thai Amulets XIX th Century.Carlo Sacco Collection.Title of the Loan launched by Italian communist party for the Constituent Assembly .1946General Heisenhower reviews military personel in Pordenone(Italy)1951 Bruno Rocchini Collection
Special issue stamp series commemorating the legionarie's entry to Fiume on 6th Sept.1920.Carlo Sacco Collection.
A very rare photograph of Germaine Krull showing nazi soldier surrendering during the liberation of Montbeliard.(France) 1944.Carlo Sacco Collection.
The Berchtesgaden Headquarters of Nazi SS after bombing of Anglo-American Forces. 1945. Photograph by Germaine Krull. Carlo Sacco Collection.
Complete set of stamps issued to commemorate Sven Hedin Expedition 1927-1933 Carlo Sacco Collection.
Chinese Old silver container for perfumes.XIX Century. Carlo Sacco Collection.
Bob Capa with his Rollei shooted at Portsmouth by David Sherman on the day before the Debarquement in Normandy.  June 1944.Carlo Sacco Collection.
A page of a letter of Dr.Niels Peter Ambolt- Sven Hedin's assistant-sent during the Singkiang Expedition of 1930. Carlo Sacco Collection.
CIA map for operation called ''White Star'' on 1965 supporting Anti-Communist Meo's Forces  in Laos.Carlo Sacco Collection. 
Communist Guerrilla Debit Note for Food Supply released to someone in a South Vietnamese Village as form of debit for Anti american resistence.Carlo Sacco Collection.Jane Fonda urinal target used to be placed in many US Toilets for her support to North Vietnam during the Vietnam war. Carlo Sacco Collection.
Rare Egyptian Cigarettes Simon Arzt.Carlo Sacco Collection.Very Rare Provisional Italian Communist Party Card for year 1944 released to Solismo Sacco in Città della Pieve (PG).Carlo Sacco Collection.
Photograph of a fisherman made by Benito Sacco in Stromboli during '60 showing this man having 6 fingers on hands and 7 on feets. Carlo Sacco Collection.
General Vo Nguyen Giap in his home in Hanoi on the day of 45 years from the victory of Dien Bien Phu. Photograph given for gift to Carlo Sacco by the personal photographer of Gen.Giap Mr.Nguyen Van Ku.Carlo Sacco Collection.
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