Field Work · Italy · Est. 2026
SAND
BOX
ITALY
Acquisition is archive.
Archive is resistance.

Each market, a site of excavation.
Each purchase, a preservation act.
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Rome · Porta Portese · 2026 · $000
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Featured · Rome
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Archive · Florence
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Field Work
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Field Work I · Rome · April 2026
Porta Portese at Dawn — What I Found on the First Sunday
It was still dark when I arrived at Porta Portese. The vendors were setting up by flashlight. By 7am the light had changed everything — and that's when I saw the lamp nobody else had noticed...
Rome, Italy · April 2026 · 8 min read
Field Work I · Arezzo
The First Weekend Fair — Everything I Learned About the Arezzo Market
Arezzo · April 2026 · 6 min read
Field Work I · Florence
Consolidating in Florence — How the Shipping Process Actually Works
Florence · April 2026 · 5 min read
Field Work I · Turin
Gran Balon on a Saturday — The Objects That Got Away
Turin · April 2026 · 7 min read
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Private Acquisition
Tell me what you're looking for. I'll find it in Italy.
Sandbox Italy offers a private sourcing service for collectors, interior designers, and buyers with specific objects in mind. Submit a brief — a style, a period, a material, a feeling — and I will search on your behalf during the next field trip.
Every acquisition comes with full documentation: purchase invoice, provenance notes, field photography, and all import paperwork.
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Submit Your Brief

Describe what you're looking for — object type, period, budget. The more specific, the better.

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Deposit & Confirmation

A 50% deposit secures your brief before the next field trip. Non-refundable once travel begins.

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Field Work

I search the Italian markets on your behalf. You receive photos and updates from the field.

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Delivery

Balance due on US arrival. Full documentation included. Shipping coordinated to your door.

Submit a Sourcing Brief
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About
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Les Cecchi · Sandbox Italy
Acquisition
is Archive.

Acquisition is archive. Archive is resistance. This field work documents objects not as decoration, but as cultural evidence. Each market becomes a site of excavation. Each purchase, a preservation act.

Sandbox Italy is a private acquisition and resale practice focused on Italian vintage and antique objects. Operating through direct field work at Italy's premier markets — Porta Portese, Gran Balon, the Arezzo Fair — every object is sourced, documented, and shipped with the care of an archivist.
Based in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Serving collectors, interior designers, and individual buyers across the United States.
Contact
Tel
973-494-4057
Email
les.create.life@gmail.com
Address
21 Lackawanna Pl #338
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
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@sandboxitaly