"The Cal" Pirelli 2000 Calendar Girls

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Ended:May 15th 2015, 12:00pm EDT

Winner: MassimilianoM

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The Prize

"The Cal": the Pirelli 2000 Calendar

This auction is for a limited edition 2000 Pirelli Calendar: it is not available to buy and is given only to a limited number of important Pirelli customers and VIPs. For this reason, it is a precious heirloom featuring images of a certain charm.

The calendar is an original and is in excellent condition.

Annie Leibovitz was the photographer for this edition, the third woman photographer of a Pirelli calendar.

Leibovitz took her photos in New York. There, she decided that the most glamorous and sexy calendar in the world would be based around the natural beauty of the woman, represented in 12 classic portraits. They are reminiscent of the works of famous painters such as Rubens Botticelli.

The photos are cool and elegant. The images, almost always without a head, are like the bodies of statues and sculptures. "Look at the woman in the traditional way", as she says. Leibovitz reaches her stylistic perfection in the image of the Olympic athlete Jacqui Agyepong, that looks like a bust of Riace.

Alberto Pirelli has decided to auction this item to support NAM - Nobel a Mogol.

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The Cause

Nobel a Mogol (NaM), or Nobel to Mogol, is a nonprofit organization founded by three friends, Nanco Paoletti and journalists Milo Goj and Nestar Tosini. For years they have interpreted and studied the lyrics of the late, famous Italian singer Lucio Battisti, whose songs were written by Giulio Rapetti Mogol. Mogol has also written songs for many other Italian singers that have become great successes over the past 50 years: from Bobby Solo to Little Tony, Riccardo Cocciante and Adriano Celentano.

As they studied Mogol's songs, the three literati reached the conclusion that many of his texts were in all regards authentic poetry. If poetry means turning feelings, moods and states of being into words, then Mogol is certainly a great poet. Such verses as, "When sadness falls upon the depth of your heart, like the falling snow it make not a sound," leave nothing to be desired. They are right on par with even the most well-known and appreciated "traditional" poetry. He has written so many of such verses that a publication of them should be made.

Mogol is therefore a great poet whose works match up to those of other Nobel prize authors. The Nobel to Mogol Association aims precisely at persuading public opinion to create a movement to nominate Giulio Rapetti Mogol for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Website

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