These auctions will support the Italian Embassy efforts to fundraise for the Earthquake in Central Italy which struck on August24th 2016 and destroyed thousands of homes. The area affected stretched over a wide area including Rome and Naples and as far as Croatia and Slovenia and hit 6.6-magnitude.

It was the most powerful earthquake to hit Italy since 1980, striking a blow to the regions of Marche and Umbria just days after they were hit by two other earthquakes.