Early life
Contini-Bonacossi was born inPolitical career
In 1928, Contini-Bonacossi was made a Count by Vittorio Emanuele III. In 1939 he became a Senator.Nazi era
Through Walter Hofer, Contini-Bonacossi sourced art for the Göring Collection. Around 1942, Göring's art agent Sepp Angerer, and the local German consul Gerhard Wolf, went on a tour of Contini-Bonacossi's collection. Angerer supposedly told the count, "What a pity you're not a Jew!" and drawing a finger across his throat continued "If you were a Jew, we could do just that! And all the paintings would be ours!" Contini-Bonacossi was investigated in 1946 by the OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit for his role in dealing Nazi-looted art and placed on the Red Flag List of Names.Philately
Contini-Bonacossi was a noted philatelist. He won a Gold-Silver medal at the London International Stamp Exhibition 1960 for his display of Tuscany and a gold medal at WIPA 1965, also for Tuscany."WIPA 1965", H.R. Holmes, ''The London Philatelist'', Vol. 74, Aug-Sept. 1965, No. 872-873, p. 164.Death
Contini-Bonacossi died in Florence on 22 October 1955.References
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*http://www.yourwaytoflorence.com/db/musei/contini.htm 1878 births 1955 deaths Italian art dealers Italian art collectors Italian politicians Italian philatelists People from Ancona {{philatelist-stub