Any auction houses that I've used send items abroad although postal costs can be relatively prohibitive.
In my experience, the majority of eBay sellers will also but a substantial minority will not. Interestingly, Italy is one of those countries that seems to appear regularly as one of the destinations that some sellers will not send to - presumably due to problems with the Italian postal service.
Another aspect to bear in mind is customs. I'm not sure how it works in Italy but, here in UK, it seems very "hit and miss" as to what gets held up and charged by customs and what gets let through. This "hit and miss" reality is irrespective of whether the full value of the item is declared on the packet or it. If you are looking at purchasing an item with one eye on its investment potential, living abroad may be a prohibitor given postal charges, potential customs charges and, if you're being paid in € rather than $, currency conversion charges.
For info., there's a large calcio ("soccer") collector base in Italy. In my experience, they primarily collect shirts, pennants, tickets and stickers (esp Panini).
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