Versace auctions Gianni's antiques

221 antiques collected by Gianni Versace over 20 years and shelved inside his sumptuous Via Gesú palazzo were auctioned off Thursday night for 2.6 million euros.

"I felt it was time to move on," said Donatella Versace.

Meanwhile, Sotheby's is organizing four auctions of more prestigious pieces collected by the late designer to be held in New York through April and May. A hearty crowd filed into the auction room Thursday to bid on an eclectic mix of bronzed and marble chandeliers, porcelain vases, Flemish paintings, 19th-century globes, gilded mirrors and silver sculptures, which represent about 20 percent of Versace's vast art collection.